Many Web API designers claim their are RESTful, but their APIs have little in common with REST. What can be done to make a web service API truly RESTful?

Spring Boot takes an opinionated approach to developing cloud-native applications. In this step-by-step Spring Boot RESTful web services example in Java, we take you through the process of developing ...

For example, to retrieve or delete a resource through a RESTful API, use the GET and DELETE HTTP verbs. However, the proper use of other HTTP methods can be a challenge.

We demonstrate how to build a RESTful API on top of CQRS systems. The result joins HTTP semantics and REST style with distributed computing concerns such as eventual consistency and concurrency.

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice.