REST

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for building web services. It is based on a set of principles that define how web resources should be defined and accessed. RESTful web services are based on the HTTP protocol and use standard HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to retrieve or manipulate data.

RESTful web services can be built using any programming language, and they can return data in a variety of formats, such as JSON or XML. The key principles of REST include the use of a consistent interface to access resources, the use of a simple and consistent data model, and the separation of the client and server.

RESTful web services are commonly used to build web applications that consume data from other applications or services. Examples of such include, getting data from weather services, social media, news, etc.