REST API - a pattern of exchange of information between sites Training Course
Provides practical frameworks for designing and building RESTful APIs within web application development. It covers essential REST conventions, HTTP method semantics, API resource design, server-side architecture with business object class mapping, and data exchange protocols between distributed systems. This empowers engineers with techniques to construct clean, scalable, and maintainable REST API services that underpin modern microservices and web platforms.
This course is available as onsite live training in South Africa or online live training.Course Outline
REST - Fundamentals
- The necessity of information exchange between sites
- HTTP POST, GET, PUT, and DELETE methods
- Services such as MushUp and popular applications
- Services utilizing REST
REST Conventions
- Mapping CRUD operations to HTTP calls
- API URL structure conventions
- Passing parameters
- Return values
- HTTP status codes
- JSON as a universal format for information exchange
API Services
- Examples of popular APIs
- RESTful frameworks
Creating a REST API - Server-Side
- Gathering requirements and identifying functionality
- API design and documentation
- Installing necessary libraries
- Business Objects: Mapping to classes
- Controller methods
- Representing business objects as JSON
- HTTP Headers as metadata
- Testing the API using cURL
- Authentication mechanisms
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of HTTP
- Basic understanding of web application development
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