- A key step in working with a REST API is discovery,…figuring out what resources and methods are available…and what you can do with them.…A good REST API has extensive standalone documentation,…providing all this information in a human-readable format.…But even if no documentation is present,…the REST API will describe itself, thanks to the…Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State constraint.…Using the get and options verbs,…we can walk our way through the response…of any REST API, to find its resources and methods.…
For a simple REST API, the map might be a single level…of resource URIs with get methods.…For a more complex REST API, like the WordPress REST API,…there may be a complex tree of resources,…each with their own methods…that are documented within the response.…If I run an options request to the posts resource,…which gives us access to the collection of all posts…in a WordPress site, you'll see what I mean.…Here, we get a full breakdown…of every available method and resource.…
If I run an options request to the posts resource…
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2/13/2018- What is a REST API?
- Who or what interacts with REST APIs?
- Anatomy of a REST request
- HTTP status messages
- Request/response pairs
- GET, POST, and DELETE
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 15s
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1. REST API: Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface
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The RESTful librarian2m 30s
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What is a REST API?4m 36s
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Sidebar: URL vs. URI2m 41s
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The six constraints of REST4m 48s
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How REST relates to HTTP1m 33s
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2. Request
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Discovery4m 16s
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Resource3m 40s
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Methods (Verbs)4m 31s
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3. Response
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Response header2m 6s
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HTTP status messages3m 59s
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4. Request/Response Pairs
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Request/response pairs2m 2s
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GET3m 15s
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POST3m 55s
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PUT/PATCH2m 50s
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DELETE4m 39s
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Conclusion
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Next steps52s
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