What is a REST API?

Simply put, an API  is set of rules developed to expose data and functionality across the internet in a consistent format. Representation State Transfer (REST) is a term used to refer to API generally being accessed via HTTP protocol.

Resources often have one or more methods that can be performed on them over HTTP, most popular of them being, GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.

Burti REST API resources provides information or content, which can be accessed at a predefined set of URL and returns JSON-encoded responses, and uses standard HTTP response codes, authentication, and verbs.

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Advantages of using REST API?

Flexibility

A RESTful API breaks down a transaction to create a series of small modules. Each module addresses a particular underlying part of the transaction. This modularity provides developers with a lot of flexibility.

Suited for WEB

REST technology is generally preferred to the more robust Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology because REST leverages less bandwidth, making it more suitable for internet usage. 

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