API Glossary

There are many acronyms and definitions in the world of the API so we have put together a short list containing the most used terms...

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
R
Rate (throttle rate) -

Maximum burst rate measured over one second.
REST -

Representational State Transfer (REST) models the data as web documents, using identifying URLs and standard HTTP requests such as GET, PUT, HEAD, DELETE and POST to manipulate them.
Representation -

Data that describes the state of the resource. Usually the body of an HTTP request/response.