What is RESTful Services/APIs?

RESTful services/APIs (Representational State Transfer) are an architectural style for designing networked applications. They rely on a stateless, client-server communication protocol, typically HTTP. REST APIs define a set of constraints on how the client and server interact, using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH) to access and manipulate resources identified by URIs. They are commonly used to build web APIs, enabling communication between different software systems over the internet.