aid: rest-services
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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
  - 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