APIs

1. What does REST stand for?

   • Representational State Transfer.

2. REST APIs are designed around a resource.

3. What is an identifer of a resource? Give an example.
   • The URL of the resource, like someone’s Facebook profile page link.
4. What are the most common HTTP verbs?
   • GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.
5. What should the URIs be based on?
   • The nouns (the resource) not the verbs (operations)
6. Give an example of a good URI.
   • https://canvas.instructure.com/courses
7. What does it mean to have a ‘chatty’ web API? Is this a good or a bad thing?
   • A web API with alot of requests, it is better to combine resource data and minimize requests as possible.
8. What status code does a successful GET request return?
   • 200
9. What status code does an unsuccessful GET request return?
   • 404
10. What status code does a successful POST request return?
    • 201
11. What status code does a successful DELETE request return?
    • 204