Representational State Transfer (REST)

• Representational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style for building distributed systems.


• The WWW is an example for such a system.


• REST-style applications can be built using a wide variety of technologies.


• REST's main principles are that of resource-oriented states and functionalities.


• The idea of a unique way of identifying resources, and the idea of how operations on these resources are defined in terms of a single protocol for interacting with resources.


• REST-oriented system design leads to systems which are open, scalable, extensible and easy to understand.