REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. It is a popular architectural approach to create your API's in today's world.
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You Will Learn
- What is REST?
- What are the fundamentals of REST APIs?
- How do you make use of HTTP when building REST API?
- What is a Resource?
- How do you identify REST API Resources?
- What are some of the best practices in designing REST API?
What Is REST?
The acronym REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. It was term originally coined by Roy Fielding, who was also the inventor of the HTTP protocol. The striking feature of REST services is that they want to make the best use of HTTP. Let's now have a quick overview of HTTP.