REST
REST, stands for Representational State Transfer, is an architectural style for developing web services. It dictates how web services should be designed and behave, promoting a more standardized and organized way of structuring communication between different components of a software application. The benefits it brings are many: statelessness, standardization, a uniform interface, and high availability of data transfer.
This approach frequently employs CRUD operations, such as using HTTP methods (POST, GET, PUT, DELETE) in client requests, ensuring a seamless, versatile web service environment.
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