APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

A REST API is an architectural style for an application programming interface that uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests to access and use data. That data can be used to GET, PUT, POST and ...

REST is often one of the first architecture and API design approaches that come to mind when application development professionals talk about building microservices. There are many reasons for this, ...