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      APIs What is an API?

      • An application programming interface (API) is software that acts as an intermediary between applications to help them communicate with each other using HTTP requests.
      1. What is a web API and why is it used?
        • Web APIs are a subset of APIs that make requests to a web server accessed via an HTTP protocol to retrieve data.
      2. What are the four types of web APIs?
        • The different types of web APIs are as follows: Open APIs, Partner APIs, Internal APIs, and Composite APIs.
      3. What is REST?
        • REST stands for Representational State Transfer. A REST API is an API that adheres to the REST’s design principles.
      4. What are the benefits of RESTful web services?
        • RESTful web services are easy to maintain, so they’re common among software engineers who build APIs for web-based applications. They’re lightweight, flexible and easy to scale.
      5. What HTTP request methods does REST support?
        • A few HTTP request methods that REST supports include OPTIONS, HEAD, DELETE, PUT, PATCH, POST and GET
      6. What are the differences between the POST and PUT methods?
        • The main difference between POST and PUT methods is that POST is used to submit data to be processed to a specified resource, while PUT is used to update a current resource with new data.