Web APIs
SUMMARY MAIN NOTES
Web application Contents
has a person or Web Applications and Web Services
browser as a client Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Model-based APIs
Web service has Using HTTP Response Codes
an application or HTTP 1.1
software as a HTTP Response Codes
client Hypermedia Menu
Using HTTP Headers
it uses
standard
messaging Web Applications and Web
systems
it is not tied to
Services
any OS or Web application: client is a browser or person
programming
language
available
online and
discoverable
Web APIs are
silent partners that
implement an
application’s
server
users are
normally
outside the
Web service: client is an application or software
organisation
Available on the Internet
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