RESTful API Basics

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What does REST stand for?

  • Rapid State Transition
  • Resourceful Service Translation
  • Representative State Transfer
  • Representational State Transfer (correct)

What is a key concept in REST?

  • Intermediary Component
  • RESTful API
  • HTTP Verb
  • Resource (correct)

Who is the creator of REST?

  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Linus Torvalds
  • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Roy Fielding (correct)

How does REST typically use HTTP for communication?

<p>By leveraging HTTP verbs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What format is usually used by RESTful services for data exchange?

<p>JSON (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Roy Fielding emphasize when the architectural constraints of REST are applied as a whole?

<p>Scalability of component interactions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key component of a REST request that represents the address of the resource on the server?

<p>Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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?

<p>Statelessness (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of REST, what is responsible for processing requests and managing resources?

<p>Server (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which component of a REST request specifies the type of operation the client wants to perform on a resource?

<p>HTTP Method (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is used to define the format of data in the message body for HTTP methods like POST, PUT, and PATCH?

<p>Headers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of a REST request provides additional information about the request or about the client itself?

<p>Headers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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