It's a common design style it seems. O'Reilly's REST API Design Rulebook reads similarly...

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/rest-api-design/9781449...

About REST : REST API Design Rulebook by Mark Massé (O'Reilly).

My reference when I'm designing a REST API.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/rest-api-design/9781449...

I liked this one:

REST API Design Rulebook, Designing Consistent RESTful Web Service Interfaces, by Mark Masse http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021575.do

I'm not an expert. Here's a few resources I've collected:

http://www.restapitutorial.com/

http://www.restapitutorial.com/media/RESTful_Best_Practices-...

REST API Design Rulebook: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021575.do

RESTful Web Services: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596529260.do

http://restcookbook.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfe...