Rest API Rulebook

In today‘s market, where rival web services compete for attention, a well-ed REST API is a must-have feature. This concise book presents a set of API rules, drawn primarily from best practices that stick close to the Web‘s REST architectural style. Along with rules for URI and HTTP use, you‘ll learn guidelines for media types and representational forms. REST APIs are ubiquitous, but few of them follow a consistent methodology. Using these simple rules, you will web service APIs that adhere to recognized web standards. To assist you, author Mark Massé introduces the Web Resource Modeling Language (WRML), a conceptual framework he created for the and implementation of REST APIs. * Learn rules for addressing resources with URIs * Apply principles to HTTP‘s request methods and response status codes * Work with guidelines for conveying metadata through HTTP headers and media types * Get tips to address the needs of client programs, including the special needs of browser-based JavaScript clients * Understand why REST APIs should be ed and configured, not coded