{"id":6809,"date":"2021-12-02T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immune.institute\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2021-12-02T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T06:44:08","slug":"api-rest-que-es-y-como-utilizarla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immune.institute\/en\/blog\/api-rest-que-es-y-como-utilizarla\/","title":{"rendered":"API Rest: What is it and how to use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To begin with, before explaining what a Rest API is and how to use it, it is necessary to know what API means: <\/span><\/p>\n

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An API or Application Programming Interface is the set of protocols, definitions, constraints... that are used for the design and integration of application software.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In order to develop a web application, it is necessary that both the back-end and the front-end of the computer are connected, to facilitate the exchange of data or the execution of functions, among other actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what is Rest from \"API Rest\"? Continue reading this article and we'll explain it all to you:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rest: definition<\/span><\/h2>\n

First of all, \"Rest\" refers to \"Representational State Transfer\", a concept developed in 2000 by Roy Fielding, the creator of the HTTP specification. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, \"Rest\" is not a software architecture style as such; rather, it defines the constraints that must be taken into account in a software architecture, if we want to create a web application with HTTP.<\/span><\/p>\n

These restrictions will obviously be present in the development of the API Rest calls and, in order to implement them, it will be necessary to have the main HTTP methods:<\/span><\/p>\n