Glossary
REST
Meaning and details
Resources addressed by URL, manipulated with standard verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and status codes. REST remains the default API style, challenged by GraphQL for flexible reads and gRPC for internal service calls.
REST meaning
Representational State Transfer: the resource-oriented style of HTTP APIs.
What is REST?
Resources addressed by URL, manipulated with standard verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and status codes. REST remains the default API style, challenged by GraphQL for flexible reads and gRPC for internal service calls.