REST API

REST API (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style defining a uniform, stateless interface for web services, leveraging standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to manage resource-based data.

REST is an architectural style, not a protocol, mandating six constraints for building scalable, reliable distributed systems (client-server, stateless, cacheable, layered system, uniform interface, and code-on-demand: optional). Its core strength is the uniform interface, which maps CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) directly to standard HTTP verbs. Specifically, POST creates a new resource (e.g., to `/users`), GET retrieves a resource (e.g., from `/users/101`), PUT/PATCH updates it, and DELETE removes it. This resource-centric, stateless approach ensures predictable communication and high interoperability across diverse clients and servers.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/REST