REST API Explanation for Beginners - Real World Example (Easy to Understand Concepts!)

In this video, we’re going to explore what a REST API is, but instead of using the rigorous definition, we’re going to look at a few real-world situations that anyone can understand. We will then compare how these situations relate to REST APIs in order to build intuition around how REST APIs function vs trying to learn about them the traditional, more complicated way.

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What will also answer the following questions: What is an HTTP Request? What is a Web Request? What is HTTP GET What is HTTP POST What is HTTP PUT What is HTTP DELETE

0:00 Start 0:54 Scenario Explanation 1:11 First Scenario (Request Copy of Own Medical Records) 2:00 Second Scenario (Request Delete All Medical Records) 2:50 Recap of Scenarios 3:13 Scenarios Without the Medical Secretary 3:44 Relating the Clinic to a REST API 3:57 Scenarios Repeat but as REST API 4:05 HTTP Request Methods (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE) 4:35 API URI/URL Explanation 4:40 Header Information (Authentication Information) 4:52 Body Information (Action we want to Perform) 5:05 What the Actual API Call/Web Request Looks Like 5:21 How the REST API Responds to the API Call 5:43 Browser Renders Raw Data Received from REST API 5:50 Conclusion

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