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What is REST?

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for building networked applications. It relies on a stateless, client-server, cacheable communications protocol -- typically HTTP. REST defines a set of constraints, such as using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to manipulate resources identified by URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers). It's commonly used for building web APIs due to its simplicity, scalability, and interoperability.

What other technologies are related to REST?

REST Competitor Technologies

SOAP is an alternative protocol for building web services, often used as a competitor to REST, especially when WS-* standards are involved.
mentioned alongside REST in 73% (167.2k) of relevant job posts
GraphQL is an alternative API design paradigm that competes with REST by providing a query language for APIs.
mentioned alongside REST in 22% (31.2k) of relevant job posts
WSDL is a description language for SOAP-based web services, making it a competitor to REST.
mentioned alongside REST in 59% (9k) of relevant job posts
RPC is a general paradigm where REST is often seen as a modern approach of implementing it through HTTP.
mentioned alongside REST in 69% (5.4k) of relevant job posts
gRPC is another RPC framework that is seen as alternative to REST.
mentioned alongside REST in 29% (12.5k) of relevant job posts

REST Complementary Technologies

JSON is a data-interchange format commonly used as the payload format in RESTful APIs.
mentioned alongside REST in 29% (84.5k) of relevant job posts
XML is a data serialization format which can be used with REST, though it is less common than JSON.
mentioned alongside REST in 22% (73.9k) of relevant job posts
JavaScript is often used on the client-side to consume RESTful APIs.
mentioned alongside REST in 7% (135.3k) of relevant job posts

Which organizations are mentioning REST?

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Oracle
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