Many Web API designers claim their are RESTful, but their APIs have little in common with REST. What can be done to make a web service API truly RESTful?

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...

Understanding idempotence, and how it applies to the most commonly used HTTP methods, is an important part of effective RESTful API design.

API is a term common in professional settings and discussions about software development, but what does it mean and how do they work?

An application programming interface, or API, is a "go-between" that enables a software program to interact with other software.

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice.

An outage has halted automated access to congressional data, raising questions about whether the breakdown stems from a glitch or something more serious. The change came to light on Friday.