REST REST
A style for building web APIs around addressable resources and the standard HTTP verbs, rather than around custom commands.
Also known as RESTful REST architecture
Definition
In a REST API a thing has a URL, and what you do to it is the HTTP verb: GET to read it, POST to create one, PUT to replace it, DELETE to remove it.
The payoff is predictability — a developer who has used one REST API can usually guess how the next one works.
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