What is REST and how is it used in a API?

This post is a high-level overview of the REST protocol used in many APIs. What is REST? Representation State Transfer (REST), as defined by Wikipedia, isย theย software architectural styleย of theย World Wide Web that uses aย coordinated set of constraints, applied to the design of components in a distributedย hypermediaย system, which can lead to a higher-performing and more maintainableย software […]