HATEOAS

HATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State) is a design concept in RESTful APIs where a server provides clients with links to related actions or resources within the responses. This means that instead of clients needing prior knowledge of how to navigate the system, they can discover available options dynamically through these embedded links. It makes interactions more flexible and self-descriptive, allowing clients to adapt to changes easily, much like how a website's homepage contains links guiding users to different sections without needing hardcoded URLs.