REST API
REST API stands for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface. It is a software architecture for web services. Web services that conform to the REST architecture termed as RESTful Web Services (RWS).
It looks like an HTTP URL, but it has a different purpose, based on each method.
Example
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| GET | Get all the items. |
| POST | Create a new item. |
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| GET | Get the item with ID 1. |
| PUT | Replace all information of item with ID 1. |
| PATCH | Update some information of item with ID 1. |
| DELETE | Delete the item with ID 1. |