Web and Mobile Development: RESTful Services

Bill Mongan

RESTful Services

• URL endpoints
  • http://www.example.com/api/v1/item
• Why not this?
  • http://www.example.com/api/v1/item/delete
• Why is v1 a good idea here?

RESTful Services

• Roy Fielding’s PhD Thesis
• Utilizing HTTP verbs to manipulate RESTful nouns

CRUD

• Create (returns an ID): POST
• Update (with an ID - idempotent): PUT
• List Many or Retrieve a Single Item: GET
• Delete (with an ID): DELETE

HTTP Body Parameters

• Headers
  • Content-Type: application/json
• Body Parameters
  • Encrypted with SSL
  • Authentication tokens, parameters