When an app needs data, it doesn't "open" a database. It sends a request to an API and waits for a clear answer. That's where FlaskAPI work fits in: building ...
A REST API (short for Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface) is a way two separate pieces of ...
Yes, sometimes you need sophisticated libraries that handle HTTP requests asynchronously, but in other situations that can be overkill. An old Internet Explorer API may have a solution. I've written ...
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The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...
We wouldn’t consider Windows authentication as a feasible strategy as you cannot expose your service over the Internet if you leverage Windows authentication. Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net ...
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The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP methods to declare whether they are idempotent or not. With an idempotent HTTP method, multiple invocations always leave the data on the server in ...