REST API Interview Questions (Beginner Level)

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This video explains the answers to some of the most common REST API interview questions. We discuss URIs, web services, CRUD, REST, and SOAP.
Chapters -
00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - How are REST APIs stateless?
01:36 - Explain the HTTP methods
02:09 - Explain the HTTP codes
02:32 - What is a URI?
02:58 - Best practices in making URI for RESTful web services?
03:30 - Differences between REST and SOAP?
04:17 - Differences between REST and AJAX?
04:58 - Tools to develop and test REST APIs?
05:29 - Real-world examples of REST APIs?
05:59 - Pros and cons of RESTful web services
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[@korkutaltay5594]

U can find intervw questions here and there; BUT this guy providing insight into them, to let u know the meaning of what youre telling. brilliant!

[@roaming333]

Great video that didn't drag on and managed to condense all the important info into a well-made video, love the background!

[@grantgodfrey403]

Thank you for the informative and practical questions one can expect to be asked regarding Rest APIs. Appreciate the learning !!!

[@spark9_]

this was an excellent overview, explaining each answer in depth which is needed

[@billbosanquet4367]

Excellent. Full of useful information, put across concisely with no waffle

[@smallflyDE]

Very professional presentation! Clear pronounciation, precise expressions! Well done!

[@catarinaivf]

This video was really good! Questions where answered in a easy way to understand!
For my case, I already use REST API but it's good to go to the root of things and refresh our memory.

[@mikedelta658]

What a clear explanation! Thank you.

[@vish1211]

So well explained. Thank you!

[@ameliedanckwerts9880]

Approaching the situation from the other side over here, already got the job but have to figure out how to migrate REST services and your video was definitely helpful for this too for some more overall understanding :)

[@tryexponent]

💪

[@jh0720]

Big fan of Kevin this guy is lit

[@bemeb41yashsakpal90]

Thanks for the clear and concise information 😁👍 It was really helpful

[@apriljohnson6191]

Very, very, very well done. I'll be watching more videos like this!

[@AbdulWahab-oo4fo]

Loved this

[@sivakumarkanagaraj]

Wonderful Explanation!

[@sukeshkumard6064]

Simply excellent.....

[@Native_love]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@VGTCS]

Very well explained, Thanks!

[@orange_dt]

Thank you for this strait-forward, informative video.

[@TheRootOfJoy]

Pointed questions and answers. Keep it up mate.

[@asafzilberberg6648]

Great explanations

[@ShimmerBodyCream]

This was super helpful, thank you!

[@prblsoni]

Great video. Could you also help put a video on comparison and application of REST services and Event driven services?

[@alexsuholitko2528]

Thanks you so much!

[@codewithmostafa-tt2hq]

Thank you so much, that was great!

[@Mady27631]

Thank you so much!!

[@YTthings666]

Nice explenation!! Thanks. a lot!!!

[@ukaszkiepas57]

Thank you! :)

[@levon9]

Wow .. fantastic summary, well done. Thanks - also subscribed.

[@mahfuzurrahmansazal3974]

Thanks for the video

[@satyamedicherla3236]

Very Nice Video - to the point.

[@civilise1233]

well explained about REST API

[@ahmedmohamed-db4xl]

awesome, keep posting such as videos

[@rasikasamith]

Thanks, Good video

[@vladimirspasov5591]

Great job!

[@shankarparavastu8672]

excellent

[@judepope6196]

love it.

[@vladimirkraus1438]

Nice explanation. But what I lack here is some simple real life examples of APIs...

[@user-jo3ib1pm2g]

thank you for the video :)

[@thanhnguyenvotuan9645]

Thank you vinamilk

[@AK-us1by]

Awesome!

[@Glory_2023]

Great! Very helpful, could please post your CMDB, ITIL, and System Administrator interview questions as well?

[@dennismwangi3573]

Helpful

[@civilise1233]

productive information

[@finzamughal]

Thanku for this

[@szymonozimek]

thanks

[@freddyrendon4609]

Question #7 🤯

[@denizcanaltun]

Thanx a lot

[@sadeceaka]

Sen Japonsun, zeki adamsın, güçlerimizi birleştirerek dünyaya geri dönebiliriz..

[@khushishareef2909]

Best practices for designing Restful URIs
1. Forward slashes (/) indicate hierarchy
2. Use plural nouns for branches
3. Use Hyphens (-) for multiple words
4. Use lower case
5. Refrain from using file extensions

[@rekardothomas]

Great video!

[@tryexponent]

Hey rekardothomas, glad you enjoyed it!

[@surabhijagadish5210]

Nice

[@krishjaiswal4910]

learn by doing

[@subhamengine1143]

I was able to answer all 9, hurray

[@tryexponent]

🔥💪

[@hernanvelazquez1421]

Nice video, it would be better if you use some code examples, for example, whe you talked about the URIs best practices. Thnaks.

[@tryexponent]

Great suggestion! We're publishing another video on REST next week and we'll try to include code examples.

[@PrachiKhadke]

I got asked once in an interview: "What are the principles of REST APIs?"

[@g0ginat0r]

Wait, I have Post requests which fetches data

[@slstyt]

If there would have been some illustrations instead of robotic face reading through text.

[@edamigod]

Nah if you need all that just go read or fail the interview, your choice gg.
Honestly people have the attention span of a goldfish these days.

[@josh1234567892]

@@edamigodlmao, dude never grew past reading picture books 😂

[@jasonluobo6849]

would be more helpful if provide more example, instead of just one person with facing and talking and talking....

[@daretsuki6988]

What is REST? - HATEOAS.. and nothing else matters. Test passed. xD

[@tryexponent]

Hey daretsuki! Congratulations on passing your test! 🎉🎉

[@user-vy8go5hb8i]

Sorry to tell you but you do not understand what is the correct meaning of stateless and stateful and your example is really bad.
I am not going to give you the answer if you are making a video about something and you do give bad examples and wrong answers you need to be shamed and take it more seriously because people would fail because of you

[@mananshah2688]

extremely naive and poor video, not helpful for SDE interviews

[@tryexponent]

Hey Manan! Sorry that it wasn't helpful to you. Let us know what specific improvements or content you would like to see in order to make it more helpful for SDE interviews!

[@andreyandrey1004]

awesome video, ty

[@myveritasforever]

this is nice a comment for youtube algoritm !