Representational State Transfer (REST) is basically an architectural style for the web. REST specifies a set of constraints. These constraints ensure that clients (service consumers and browsers) can interact with servers in flexible ways.
Let's first understand some common terminologies:
- Server: Service provider. Exposes services which can be consumed by clients.
- Client: Service consumer. Could be a browser or another system.
- Resource: Any information can be a resource: a person, an image, a video, or a product you want to sell.
- Representation: A specific way a resource can be represented. For example, the product resource can be represented using JSON, XML, or HTML. Different clients might request different representations ...
