REST API Design: From Basics to Advanced Concepts
Representational State Transfer, commonly known as REST, is a widely used architectural style for designing networked applications. REST APIs have become the backbone of modern web and mobile applications, enabling efficient communication between different software systems. In this blog, we will delve into REST API design, starting from the fundamentals and progressing to advanced concepts. Understanding REST At its core, REST is an architectural style that uses a set of constraints to create web services. These constraints, defined by Roy Fielding in his doctoral dissertation, aim to make systems scalable, stateless, and easily cache able. The main principles of REST include: 1. Stateless: Each request from a client to a server must contain all the information required to understand and process the request. This ensures that server-side sessions are not required. 2. Client-Server: The client and server are independent entities, with each having its responsibilities. This ...