REST API Specification

A REST API Specification outlines how different software applications communicate over the internet. It uses standard web protocols, like HTTP, to enable systems to request and exchange data. REST (Representational State Transfer) is based on resources, which are identified by URLs. Clients can perform actions on these resources using standard methods like GET (to retrieve data), POST (to create new data), PUT (to update existing data), and DELETE (to remove data). This approach promotes a stateless interaction, meaning each request from a client to a server is independent, simplifying the architecture and improving performance.