Essentials of Cloud Application Development on IBM Bluemix

REST architecture

This unit covers the following topics:

•Representational State Transfer (REST)

•JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

•Example: Using REST APIs with Watson

5.1 What you should be able to do

After completion of this unit, you should be able to:

•Describe the characteristics of REST APIs.

•Explain the advantages of the JSON data format.

•Example of REST APIs using Watson.

5.2 References

The following publications are useful for further research on the topic presented in this unit:

•REST APIs

 – ECMA-262 ECMAScript language standard, ...