12 Questions
What does REST stand for?
Representational State Transfer
What is a key concept in REST?
Resource
Who is the creator of REST?
Roy Fielding
How does REST typically use HTTP for communication?
By leveraging HTTP verbs
What format is usually used by RESTful services for data exchange?
JSON
What does Roy Fielding emphasize when the architectural constraints of REST are applied as a whole?
Scalability of component interactions
What is a key component of a REST request that represents the address of the resource on the server?
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
Which constraint of the REST architecture requires that each request from a client contains all the necessary information without the server storing client data between requests?
Statelessness
In the context of REST, what is responsible for processing requests and managing resources?
Server
Which component of a REST request specifies the type of operation the client wants to perform on a resource?
HTTP Method
What is used to define the format of data in the message body for HTTP methods like POST, PUT, and PATCH?
Headers
Which part of a REST request provides additional information about the request or about the client itself?
Headers
Learn about the basics of RESTful APIs - Representational State Transfer, architectural principles, and communication over HTTP. Understand how REST enables seamless data exchange between applications.
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