--- title: Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API | daily.dev description: A beginner-friendly introduction to REST APIs covering the request-response cycle, core HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), RESTful route naming... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/iyzyz4ina twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly introduction to REST APIs covering the request-response cycle, core HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), RESTful route naming... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/iyzyz4ina og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iyzyZ4InA.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API **[M Saad Ahmad](https://daily.dev/sources/1ncqeefj1ncj5ah315xrm)** · [@saad786](https://daily.dev/saad786) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner-friendly introduction to REST APIs covering the request-response cycle, core HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), RESTful route naming conventions, query parameters, request and response structure, common HTTP status codes, and the concept of idempotency. Uses a waiter-restaurant analogy to explain how clients and servers communicate through APIs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [EP226: API Concepts Every Software Engineer Should Know](https://daily.dev/posts/ep226-api-concepts-every-software-engineer-should-know-rh6pqv5zh) · ByteByteGo · 15 upvotes · 1 comments - [Interacting With REST APIs and Python Quiz – Real Python](https://daily.dev/posts/interacting-with-rest-apis-and-python-quiz-real-python-qji8cihi5) · Real Python · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Beyond the Model: Why Data Scientists Must Embrace APIs and API Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-the-model-why-data-scientists-must-embrace-apis-and-api-documentation-alasl4ufb) · Towards Data Science · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Design APIs](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-design-apis-tq8wnikkj) · System Design Codex · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/iyzyz4ina) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/iyzyz4ina","headline":"Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API","text":"Shared: Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/iyzyz4ina","datePublished":"2026-03-01T00:09:01.332Z","dateModified":"2026-03-01T00:09:38.228Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"M Saad Ahmad","url":"https://daily.dev/saad786","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--k0aGUCRV--/f_auto/v1745068014/avatars/avatar_1ncQEeFj1Ncj5ah315xrM","description":"Learning MERN Stack | React.js, Node.js | Building in Public","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":260}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/icGhQuRHv"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/1ncqeefj1ncj5ah315xrm","name":"M Saad Ahmad"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"M Saad Ahmad","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/1ncqeefj1ncj5ah315xrm"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Day 27 of #100DaysOfCode — REST API"}]} ```