Posting JSON data
REST (Representational State Transfer) is a simple stateless architecture that generally runs over HTTP/HTTPS. Requests and responses are built around the transfer of representations of resources. It emphasizes interactions between clients and services by providing a limited number of operations (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE). The GET method fetches the current state of a resource, the POST method creates a new resource, the PUT method updates an existing resource, and the DELETE method destroys the resource. Flexibility is provided by assigning resources their own unique Universal Resource Indicators (URIs). Since each operation has a specific meaning, REST avoids ambiguity. In modern times, the typical object structure passed ...
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