Building APIs

Building RESTful APIs

REST API is a certain style of application program interface that can use HTTP request to use and access data. When a client request resources using REST API, a server will send back a current state of the resource requested. All request and responses must follow a certain protocol like HTTP.

We interact with data using HTTP methods:

• GET: to get a request
• POST: To create a new request
• PATCH: To edit or update existing request
• DELETE: To delete a request