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Irresistible APIs
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Irresistible APIs

by Kirsten Hunter
September 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
232 pages
7h 46m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 4. Web services explained

This chapter covers

  • HTTP fundamentals
  • REST web services
  • HTTP traffic
  • Web API best practices
  • Troubleshooting

Now that you’re familiar with what APIs do and have some overall idea about the strategy, let’s dive deeper into the technical aspects of HTTP and REST so that you understand how these systems work together. Knowing these details will also help you when you want to troubleshoot or understand how the interactions are working between a client and server.

Note that in order to grasp how HTTP matters in the API context, you need to know the protocol and practices from the point of view of the consumers—your developer partners. So while you’re working to make a great API, understanding the interactions between ...

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