Nouns, verbs and well-formed URIs At the very least, a RESTful API respects REST's uniform interface constraint in two ways: Using nouns in RESTful URIs to ensure web service operations work on ...

A REST API must not define fixed resource names or hierarchies (an obvious coupling of client and server). Servers must have the freedom to control their own namespace.

A REST API must not define fixed resource names or hierarchies (an obvious coupling of client and server). A REST API should never have “typed” resources that are significant to the client.

The term API stands for application programming interface, a concept that applies everywhere from command-line tools to enterprise code, microservices, and cloud-native architectures. An API is an ...

REST stands for Representational State Transfer, is more open in how it is coded, and is the more common type of API. You’ll often see them described as RESTful APIs too.

REST was introduced as a lightweight solution to address the burdens of SOAP. However, it turns out that a RESTful API needs a schema to define the contract and make it more discoverable.

Sadly, that simple concept is often misconstrued. While the URL path component is what should point directly at the server-side resource, many well-meaning developers fall into the trap of the RESTful ...

This node allows you to call any RESTful API, and will provide the results for further processing. By double-clicking the node, you’ll see its parameters.

An application programming interface (API) is software that acts as an intermediary between two programs. APIs make it easy for apps to exchange information, data, pictures, and more. APIs also ...