REST API Overview

Learn about the REST API and its features.

What is REST?

Representational State Transfer (REST) can be defined as an architectural style used to create and design web resources that communicate via an HTTP protocol. Over time, REST has become the industry standard in software development for creating reliable REST APIs. The REST architecture is designed to work with six guiding constraints, which are as follows:

  • Simplicity
  • Scalability
  • Reliability
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