What is a REST API?
REST is the most used form of web API. Below you can read how REST works and why it is the standard for modern connections.
A REST API is the most common form of web API. Systems talk via HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and exchange data in JSON. REST is the preferred standard for modern connections between webshops, ERP systems and portals.
How does REST work?
A REST API works with ordinary web requests over HTTP. Retrieving data is done with GET, creating new data with POST, changing with PUT or PATCH and deleting with DELETE. The data usually travels as JSON, a compact and readable format.
Each resource, for example an order or an item, has its own web address (endpoint). Because REST uses the existing building blocks of the web, it is simple, widely supported and easy to secure with tokens via OAuth.
REST in connections
Almost every modern package, from Shopify and WooCommerce to Exact and Business Central, offers a REST API. That makes it usually the first choice when we tie two systems together. Where real-time notifications are needed, we supplement REST with webhooks.
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