APIs

1. What does REST stand for?

• Representational State Transfer

1. REST APIs are designed around a resources

2. What is an identifer of a resource? Give an example.

A resource has an identifier, which is a URI that uniquely identifies that resource. For example, the URI for a particular customer order might be:

https://adventure-works.com/orders/1

1. What are the most common HTTP verbs?

GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE

1. What should the URIs be based on?

• should be based on nouns (the resource) and not verbs (the operations on the resource).

1. Give an example of a good URI.

https://adventure-works.com/orders // Good

1. What does it mean to have a ‘chatty’ web API? Is this a good or a bad thing?

• its a bad thing, chatty” web APIs expose a large number of small resources. Such an API may require a client application to send multiple requests to find all of the data that it requires.

1. What status code does a successful GET request return?

code 200 (OK)

1. What status code does an unsuccessful GET request return?

404 (Not Found)

1. What status code does a successful POST request return?

status code 201 (Created)

1. What status code does a successful DELETE request return?

status code 204 (No Content)

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