{"id":70182,"date":"2020-01-04T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=70182"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:03:17","slug":"rest-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/rest-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to REST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>An Introduction to REST<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBI-Qi2tqNw10Ah3RDi7y1w8Q0dUYWtUeA26l8kAyAmjFFJjmOaA&amp;s\" alt=\"An Introduction to REST\" width=\"733\" height=\"220\" \/>This section is dedicated to the introduction to REST. Many developers found SOAP cumbersome and hard to use. 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