reading-notes

Explaining REST

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

• How to locate and request that data you need

• The foundation of the web

• HTTP GET applies verbs to nouns like and uses with URL to go and “get”

• HTTP POST adding to another machine system

• HTTP PUT to replace something in another machine system

• HTTP PATCH for a partial update

REST

• Architectural style which the web is built on

• Defines and points to the resource for the data ^^^^^^

Web Page

• represents a resources

• Has Machine readable & People readable

Resource

• Concepts by URL

URL

• Tells browser where to go and request

Browser

• request web page representation of concept

API

• Machine ability to exchange data world wide