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Web & APIs
What is REST API?
A REST API exposes resources at URLs and uses HTTP methods as actions — GET to read, POST to create, PUT/PATCH to update, DELETE to remove — usually exchanging JSON. It is stateless: every request carries everything needed.
Example
GET /api/courses/7 returns course 7 as JSON.