REST

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REST

representational state transfer

how does rest work 1

resources are represented as documents encapsulating a fragment of system state

how does rest work 2

pass a resource to a service, receive it back changed, with extra data, or some other resource

how does rest work 3

services not dealing with requests are “at rest” and not causing load

REST principle 1

client server - single interface between clients and servers

REST principle 2

stateless - no client context on server, robust to network failures

REST principle 3

cacheable - reuse responses and data where possible

REST principle 4

layered - pass documents through to other services

REST principle 5

uniform - use the same protocols everywhere especially for resource naming

REST principle 6

code on demand - servers send code to clients to extend their functionality

how are documents identified

by url, which can contain browsable multimedia and abstract data

rest summary

document-centric, structured data