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Understanding REST API Methods

GET requests retrieve data from a server without modifying it. POST requests send data to a server like file uploads or customer info. PUT replaces all current representations of a resource, while DELETE removes a targeted resource. Resources represent API collections accessed from a server. Path parameters point to specific resources within collections. Query parameters filter or sort resources and are identified with a question mark. Headers contain metadata like authorization details sent with API requests.

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Understanding REST API Methods

GET requests retrieve data from a server without modifying it. POST requests send data to a server like file uploads or customer info. PUT replaces all current representations of a resource, while DELETE removes a targeted resource. Resources represent API collections accessed from a server. Path parameters point to specific resources within collections. Query parameters filter or sort resources and are identified with a question mark. Headers contain metadata like authorization details sent with API requests.

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End point: Address where API is hosted on the Server.

HTTP methods which are commonly used to communicate with Rest API’s are

GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE


GET- The GET method is used to extract information from the given server using a
given URI. While using GET request, it should only extract data and should have
no other effect on the data. No Payload/Body required

How to send input data in GET?


Ans: Using Query Parameters

POST- A POST request is used to send data to the server, for example, customer
information, file upload, etc. using HTML forms.

How to send input data in POST?


Ans: Using Form Parameters /Body Payload

PUT- Replaces all current representations of the target resource with the
uploaded content.

DELETE- Removes all current representations of the target resource given by a


URI.

Resources:
Resources represent API/Collection which can be accessed from the Server
[Link]/maps
[Link]/search
[Link]/images

Path Parameters:
Path parameters are variable parts of a URL path. They are typically used to point
to a specific resource within a collection, such as a user identified by ID
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
q=newyork&oq=newyork&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2501j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie
=UTF-8

Query Parameters:
Query Parameter is used to sort/filter the resources.
Query Parameters are identified with?””

[Link]

Headers/Cookies:
Headers represent the meta-data associated with the API request and response.
In layman terms, we were sending Additional details to API to process our
request.
Example : Authorization details

End Point Request URL can be constructed as below


Base URL/resource/(Query/Path)Parameters

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