Jan 16, 2020
What the difference between REST API and RESTful API?
What the difference between REST API and RESTful API?
The short answer is that REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It’s an architectural pattern for creating web services. A RESTful service is one that implements that pattern.
The long answer starts with “sort of” and “it depends” and continues with more complete definitions.
Defining REST
Let’s start by defining what REST is and is not. For some, REST means a server that exchanges JSON…
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