Leonard Richardson is an expert in RESTful API design and the creator of the popular Python library Beautiful Soup. As a science fiction novelist, he explores complex technological and societal issues with sharp insight. His writing is characterized by thoughtful construction and the ability to draw readers into compelling worlds.
With this practical guide, you'll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the world's most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web.
Shows how to use the REST architectural style to create web sites that can be used by computers as well as machines, providing basic rules for using REST and real-life examples of such Web services.