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How REST APIs work

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Lesson breakdown

You'll understand that an API is a contract allowing software to request and receive data from another program, and why REST APIs are popular for web communication.
You'll learn how clients send HTTP requests (GET, POST, etc.) to servers and interpret the responses they receive, including status codes and headers.
You'll grasp the core REST concepts—resources, URIs, statelessness, and standard methods—that make APIs predictable and easy to use.
You'll discover how clients and servers agree on data formats (JSON, XML) through content negotiation, and why JSON dominates modern REST APIs.

About this study

“How REST APIs work” is a free, 4-lesson study on How REST APIs work at novice level, created with soclever, a personal AI teacher. Each lesson takes a few minutes and ends with a check-in question; finish the curriculum and you can take a certificate test to earn a diploma. Starting is free and needs no account — or generate your own study on any topic.

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