APIs

What does REST stand for? - Representational State Transfer
REST APIs are designed around a ____. - around resources
What is an identifier of a resource? Give an example. - which is a URI that uniquely identifies that resource. For example, the URI for a particular customer order might be:
```
  https://adventure-works.com/orders/1
```
What are the most common HTTP verbs? - The most common operations are GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.
What should the URIs be based on? - URIs should be based on nouns (the resource) and not verbs (the operations on the resource).
Give an example of a good URI. -
```
  https://adventure-works.com/orders
```
What does it mean to have a ‘chatty’ web API? Is this a good or a bad thing? - A “chatty” web API exposes a large number of small resources. It is a bad thing.
What status code does a successful GET request return? - HTTP status code 200 (OK).
What status code does an unsuccessful GET request return? - 404 (Not Found).
What status code does a successful POST request return? - HTTP status code 201 (Created).
What status code does a successful DELETE request return? - HTTP status code 204 (No Content)

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