Top "Rest" questions

What's the difference between REST & RESTful

What's the difference between a REST system and a system that is RESTful? From a few things I've read most …

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How to access parameters in a RESTful POST method

My POST method looks like this: @POST @Consumes({"application/json"}) @Path("create/") public void create(String param1, String param2){ System.…

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Proper way to set response status and JSON content in a REST API made with nodejs and express

I am playing around with Nodejs and express by building a small rest API. My question is, what is the …

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How to get body of a POST in php?

I submit as POST to a php page the following: {a:1} This is the body of the request (a POST …

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How to test REST API using Chrome's extension "Advanced Rest Client"

Following the instructions at the link below, I successfully built a REST API for my Django application: http://django-rest-framework.org/…

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If REST applications are supposed to be stateless, how do you manage sessions?

I'm in need of some clarification. I've been reading about REST, and building RESTful applications. According to wikipedia, REST itself …

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Representational state transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

Can somebody explain what is REST and what is SOAP in plain english? And how Web Services work?

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REST API error return good practices

I'm looking for guidance on good practices when it comes to return errors from a REST API. I'm working on …

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REST / SOAP endpoints for a WCF service

I have a WCF service and I want to expose it as both a RESTfull service and as a SOAP …

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How do I upload a file with metadata using a REST web service?

I have a REST web service that currently exposes this URL: http://server/data/media where users can POST the …

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