REST is an architectural style. It is not any strict standard but provides certain guidelines and constraints to be followed. Roy Fielding originally described these constraints in his doctoral dissertation and coined the name Representational State Transfer.
REST relies on stateless, cacheable, and client-server communication protocols such as HTTP. By following the principles of REST and applying it to stateless protocols such as HTTP, developers can build API interfaces that can be used from any device or operating system. Well-designed REST APIs attract developers to build apps that use them. ...
