API TERMINOLOGY : Part-1
API TERMINOLOGY Q1: What is a Resource? Resource is a physical or virtual component, which supports/extends/represents/constructs a system. Consider a real time example of a Vehicle . Wheels, brakes, headlight, fuel tank etc all are resources of a Vehicle . All resources have names, location and identifiers. Take another example of Google. Now append “/gmail” in the last of the base url “https://www.google.com/” as "https://www.google.com/gmail". Google will launch Gmail Page: https://www.google.com Base URL: https://www.google.com Resource: /gmail/about/# Q2: What are Collections? Collections are simply groups of resources. You’ll find that we don’t mention any collections in the API documentation. That is because we offer singleton resources, which are independent and exist outside of any collections Q3: What is Endpoints/BaseUrl? API endpoint is the point of entry in a communication channel when two systems are interacting....