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description: Defines best practices for API routes in SvelteKit, focusing on request handling, response formatting, and global middleware.
globs: src/routes/api/**/*.ts
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- Create API routes in the src/routes/api/ directory.
- Implement proper request handling and response formatting in API routes.
- Use SvelteKit's hooks for global API middleware.
- Implement proper error handling for data fetching operations.