Despite REST's position as the de facto standard in web services development, it's not without some shortcomings. Data exchange formats can be bloated, and it lacks standards for API documentation and ...

The Google Analytics API provides access to Google Analytics (GA) report data such as pageviews, sessions, traffic source, and bounce rate. The official Google documentation explains that it can be ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

“API” is an acronym for application programming interface, a set of protocols that allows two software programs to communicate. APIs are used to power web applications and integrate different 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. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...