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Section 1
- REST stands for Representational State Transfer, which is designed around resources;
- The identifier of a resource is a URI that uniquely identifies that resource,(ex.
https://adventure-works.com/orders/1);
- Common HTTP verbs include GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE;
- URI’s should be based on nouns, and NOT verbs. Example of a good URI is
https://adventure-works.com/orders
- A “chatty” web API exposes a larger number of small resources, whould should be avoided.
- Status codes overview:
Successful GET: 200 (ok); or 200(no content)
Unsuccessful GET: 400
Successful POST: 200 or 204 (returns 409(conflict) if fails)
Successful DELETE: 204(no content)
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