REST
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What is REST?
REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for networked APIs that uses standard HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. iOS apps consume REST APIs by making URLSession or Alamofire requests and decoding JSON responses using Codable. REST is the most common API style in iOS app development.
Free resources to learn REST
More in stage 22: Networking
REST: common questions
Can I learn REST in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain REST in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this REST tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 123 of 170 in the free iOS roadmap, in stage 22, Networking. If you are new to iOS, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.