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Originally Posted by Frownland
(Post 1843055)
Someone explain to dumbyland what REST API is and why a video conferencing service would be better off using it as opposed to (idunno what the alternative is because I'm stupid).
And please say it slowly.
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I'm useless at explaining things in layman's terms.
REST is a web service architectural style which outlines a set of standardised rules or guidelines for interaction between a client application and a web service, one such guideline being using HTTP requests.
An API (Application Programming Interface) is fairly self-explanatory. It's an interface exposed by a software application, or web service, so that other applications can interact with it in a regulated manner. Last.fm, for example, has an API which programmers can use to develop applications to interact with it.
Putting the two together - a REST API is a web service API which conforms to REST guidelines.
As to why a video conferencing service would be better off using it? You'll have to give more context here. But I'm guessing that you want a way that users can interact with a conferencing service. Using a REST API is a very standard and common way of achieving that.
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