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    • API Guide

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    REST API background

    REST API background

    A RESTful API uses standard HTTP methods (Get, Post, Delete) to provide interactions between a client and a server. The API is stateless - each request is independent.

    The following operations are supported by a RESTful API:

    1. Fetch data by sending a GET request
    2. Add data by sending a POST request
    3. Update data by sending a POST request
    4. Delete data by sending a DELETE request

    GET and DELETE are idempotent. The operation will produce the same result no matter how many times it is repeated.

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    REST API background

    REST API background

    A RESTful API uses standard HTTP methods (Get, Post, Delete) to provide interactions between a client and a server. The API is stateless - each request is independent.

    The following operations are supported by a RESTful API:

    1. Fetch data by sending a GET request
    2. Add data by sending a POST request
    3. Update data by sending a POST request
    4. Delete data by sending a DELETE request

    GET and DELETE are idempotent. The operation will produce the same result no matter how many times it is repeated.

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