20. Introduction to Web APIs & REST

• 20.1. Web APIs
  • 20.1.1. MVC Without the V
    • 20.1.1.1. Client Interacts With Data
  • 20.1.2. Responsibilities of a Web API
    • 20.1.2.1. Data Delivery
    • 20.1.2.2. Management of Data
    • 20.1.2.3. Transference of Data
  • 20.1.3. Representation of Data
    • 20.1.3.1. Presentation vs Representation
    • 20.1.3.2. Universal Representation
  • 20.1.4. HTTP as The Language of Web APIs
    • 20.1.4.1. Bodies
    • 20.1.4.2. Status Codes
    • 20.1.4.3. Headers
  • 20.1.5. API Design
  • 20.1.6. Check Your Understanding
• 20.2. What is REST?
  • 20.2.1. What is State?
  • 20.2.2. What is a Representation?
  • 20.2.3. Transferring a Representation of State
  • 20.2.4. Resources
  • 20.2.5. Check Your Understanding
• 20.3. REST: Practical Fundamentals
  • 20.3.1. Shapes
  • 20.3.2. Endpoints
    • 20.3.2.1. Identifying the Resource
    • 20.3.2.2. CRUD Operations & HTTP Methods
  • 20.3.3. Endpoint Behavior
    • 20.3.3.1. Operating On Collections
    • 20.3.3.2. Operating On Entities
  • 20.3.4. Headers & Status Codes
    • 20.3.4.1. Status Codes
    • 20.3.4.2. Headers
  • 20.3.5. Learning More
    • 20.3.5.1. Practical Understanding
    • 20.3.5.2. Deep Understanding
  • 20.3.6. Check Your Understanding
• 20.4. Exercises: Web APIs and REST
  • 20.4.1. The API
    • 20.4.1.1. The Resource
    • 20.4.1.2. The Endpoints
  • 20.4.2. Install Postman
• 20.5. Studio: Consuming the CodingEvents API With Postman
  • 20.5.1. Setup
    • 20.5.1.1. Install Postman
    • 20.5.1.2. Fork and Clone the API Source Code
    • 20.5.1.3. Start the API Server
    • 20.5.1.4. Swagger Documentation
  • 20.5.2. Making Requests to the Coding Events API
    • 20.5.2.1. List the Coding Events
    • 20.5.2.2. Create a CodingEvent
    • 20.5.2.3. Get a Single Coding Event
    • 20.5.2.4. Delete a Coding Event
  • 20.5.3. Bonus Missions