The future of REST API

In its current state, the REST API is used for a variety of purposes and is primarily meant to solve technical gimmicks that developers encounter on a regular basis. REST is a preferred choice for use in web applications where requests can be directed to any instance of a component, and thus its stateless can be quickly redeployed if something goes in the wrong direction. A cloud application is another direction that the REST API uses, and this is especially helpful in binding to a service via an API, which is simply the method of controlling the decoding process of a URL. If an application recognizes a micro-service by the URL, a simple change of the IP address that has been paired with the URL will easily let the request ...

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