Nouns, verbs and well-formed URIs At the very least, a RESTful API respects REST's uniform interface constraint in two ways: Using nouns in RESTful URIs to ensure web service operations work on ...

Good REST API design protects against accidental deletion or change by third-party applications or overzealous Web crawlers. REST APIs generally format the responses in JSON or XML.

API Approaches Explained REST: The Web Standard REST (Representational State Transfer) organizes APIs around resources, linked to URL endpoints (e.g., /users/42).

REST API URL naming conventions The following list represents the standard set of REST API naming conventions and best practices that software architects should follow when they develop and design ...

Many discussions of Web APIs get hung up on the finer points of REST APIs and whether a given RESTful API actually follows REST principles. For the record, I set out to find a good example of someone ...