What are REST APIs?

Created by Ganesh C C, Modified on Wed, 7 Dec, 2022 at 4:14 PM by Ganesh C C

REST is an architectural style or design pattern for APIs. When a client request is made through a RESTful API, it transfers a representation of the state of the requested resource. Web services that follow the REST architectural style are called RESTful web services.


A RESTful web application exposes information about itself in the form of information about its resources. It also enables the client to take actions on those resources, such as creating new resources (for example, creating a new user) or changing existing resources (for example, editing a post).

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