Even non-developers are familiar with the 404 – Not Found status ... “HTTP Status Codes”, a series of technical statuses that are returned by HTTP servers (such as the ones serving Websites ...

there should be a unique URL that the associated JavaScript code can use to identify the RESTful resource in question. All of the RESTful API examples presented so far assume a simple GET invocation.

The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP ... RESTful APIs is that there is no mechanism on the server to enforce an operation's safety or idempotence. A poorly implemented GET operation ...