num_pages: 406
description: The popularity of REST in recent years has led to tremendous growth in almost-RESTful APIs that dont include many of the architectures benefits. With this practical guide youll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications using the tools designed for the worlds most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web. Youll explore the concepts behind REST learn different strategies for creating hypermedia-based APIs and then put everything together with a step-by-step guide to designing a RESTful Web API.
language: English
title: RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World
publisher: O'Reilly Media