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REST Services

Representational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style for designing networked applications using stateless communication and standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH) to interact with resources identified by URLs. REST services underpin modern web APIs and support the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and maintenance. This index covers REST service implementations, frameworks, best practices, patterns, tooling, and educational resources that guide how REST services are built, managed, and consumed.

REST Services is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Architecture, HTTP, Web Services, REST, and Service Design.

The REST Services catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

REST Services’ developer surface includes GitHub presence and 12 more developer resources.

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0 APIs
ArchitectureHTTPWeb ServicesRESTService Design

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Rest Services Context

5 classes · 13 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Rest Services Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Specification
Specification
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 Reference
Reference
 Guide
Guide

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 Tooling
Tooling

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Tutorials
Tutorials

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

RFC
RFC

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rest-services
x-type: concept
name: REST Services
description: Representational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style for designing networked applications using stateless
  communication and standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH) to interact with resources identified by URLs. REST
  services underpin modern web APIs and support the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and
  maintenance. This index covers REST service implementations, frameworks, best practices, patterns, tooling, and educational
  resources that guide how REST services are built, managed, and consumed.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rest-services.png
tags:
- Architecture
- HTTP
- Web Services
- REST
- Service Design
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rest-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm
- type: RFC
  url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://spec.openapis.org/oas/latest.html
- type: Tutorials
  url: https://restfulapi.net/rest-api-tutorial/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification
- type: Tooling
  url: https://openapi.tools
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rest/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rest-api-schema.json
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rest-services-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://restfulapi.net
- type: Reference
  url: https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm
- type: Guide
  url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-consume-and-document-a-rest-api/
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rest-services/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rest-services-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rest-services/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rest-services-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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