1- What does REST stand for?
Representational state transfer .
2- REST APIs are designed around a resources__. HTTP
3- What is an identifer of a resource? Give an example.
A resource has an identifier, which is a URI that uniquely identifies that resource. https://adventure-works.com/orders/1.
4- What are the most common HTTP verbs?
GET, POST, PUT, PATCH AND DELETE
5- What should the URIs be based on?
When possible, resource URIs should be based on nouns (the resource) and not verbs (the operations on the resource).
6- Give an example of a good URI.
https://adventure-works.com/orders
7- What does it mean to have a ‘chatty’ web API? Is this a good or a bad thing?
Web APIs that expose a large number of small resources. no it’s bad thing.
8- What status code does a successful GET request return?
A successful GET method typically returns HTTP status code 200 (OK)
9- What status code does an unsuccessful GET request return?
A successful GET method typically returns HTTP status code 200 (OK)
10- What status code does a successful POST request return?
it returns HTTP status code 201 (Created). The URI of the new resource is included in the Location header of the response. The response body contains a representation of the resource.
11- What status code does a successful DELETE request return?
It’s respond with HTTP status code 204.
