October 2020
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
20h 25m
English
This chapter covers the following topics:
RESTful API Fundamentals: This section covers the basics of RESTful APIs and details operations such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. Other topics include REST headers and data formats such as XML, JSON, and YAML.
REST Constraints: This section covers the six architectural constraints of REST in detail.
REST Tools: This section covers sequence diagrams and tools such as Postman, curl, HTTPie, and the Python Requests library that are used to make basic REST calls.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are the foundation of the new generation of software, including networking, cloud, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) software. APIs connect pieces of ...