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.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- 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
- Anatomy of a REST request
- Discovery
- Resource
- Methods (Verbs)
- Response header
- HTTP status messages
- REST and Authorization/Authentication
- Request/response pairs
- GET
- POST
- PUT/PATCH
- DELETE
- Next steps
Taught by
Morten Rand-Hendriksen
