Learning REST APIs

Learn the basics of REST APIs. Discover what they are, why they matter, and how putting REST APIs to use can help you build faster, more efficient applications.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. REST API: Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface

• The RESTful librarian
• What is a REST API?
• Sidebar: URL vs. URI
• The six constraints of REST
• How REST relates to HTTP
• Who or what interacts with REST APIs?
• Tools to see REST API in action

2. Request

• Anatomy of a REST request
• Discovery
• Resource
• Methods (Verbs)

3. Response

• Response header
• HTTP status messages
• REST and Authorization/Authentication

4. Request/Response Pairs

• Request/response pairs
• GET
• POST
• PUT/PATCH
• DELETE

Conclusion

• Next steps