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Discover what APIs are, how they work, and their significance in modern tech. Explore the world of APIs including RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, GraphQL APIs and more.

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

We demonstrate how to build a RESTful API on top of CQRS systems. The result joins HTTP semantics and REST style with distributed computing concerns such as eventual consistency and concurrency.

There is no sanctioning body or open source linter that can verify if a RESTful API conforms and complies with all applicable REST API naming conventions and best practices. However, REST API ...

APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

Take advantage of these best practices to ensure that changes to your API don’t break compatibility with current clients.

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.

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice.