Data: REST API

API: Application Program Interface

A. Operation

  • GET: Retrieve
  • POST: Create
  • PUT: Update
  • DELETE: Remove

B. Formats

  • HTML
  • XML
  • Plain text

C. Use

  • Social: Twitter, Facebook
  • Utilities: Dropbox, Google Maps
  • Commerce: Stripe, Mailchimp

D. Other services

  • HATEOAS: Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State
  • Postman: API testing
  • Spring Data REST

E. Application

  • Python: request