REST API

REST API Stands for REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER

REST APIs operate on a simple request/response system.

• REQUEST- Client can make a request using http methods.

These methods are: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, TRACE, OPTIONS, CONNECT

HTTP REQUEST CONTAINS:

1)METHOD 
2)HTTP HEADERS
3)BODY 

• RESPONSE- Server returns a resonse with an http status code Popular http status code: EX, 200, 202, 403, 404, 500 ETC

HTTP RESPONSE CONTAINS:

1)Status code
2)Http headers
3)Response body