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REST API Basics and Best Practices

REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is an architectural style for developing web services that builds upon existing HTTP features rather than creating new standards. In a REST architecture, all resources should support common HTTP operations like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and resources can be in various formats like text, XML, JSON. REST is used for distributed systems as requests can be directed to any component instance.

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REST API Basics and Best Practices

REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is an architectural style for developing web services that builds upon existing HTTP features rather than creating new standards. In a REST architecture, all resources should support common HTTP operations like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and resources can be in various formats like text, XML, JSON. REST is used for distributed systems as requests can be directed to any component instance.

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What is

Rest api?

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ReST
REpresentational
State
Transfer

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Wow! I didn't get
anything
REpresentational ?
State ?
Transfer ?

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REST is an architectural style for
developing web services. REST is popular
due to its simplicity and the fact that it
builds upon existing systems and features
of the internet's Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) in order to achieve its
objectives, as opposed to creating new
standards, frameworks and technologies.

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In a REST based architecture everything is
a Resource. Every resource should support
the HTTP common operations. REST
resources can be text, XML, JSON etc.
REST is used heavily in distributed system
because any request can be directed to
any instance of a component.

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What are the
different methods
supported by
Rest?

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What are the
numerical return
values in Rest
apis?

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Any tips for writing
good REST apis?

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Don't use verbs, use nouns in the api. Like
use "/users" and not "/getAllCars"

Do not mix up singular and plural nouns. Keep it simple and


use only plural nouns for all resources.

Use PUT, POST and DELETE to alter the resource and GET
method to get the resource

Use sub-resources for relation. To get all books in library


with Id 2, use GET /library/2/books/
Impose API Version and do not release
an unversioned API.

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Thank you
It was really helpful. Now I can sleep
peacefully

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