몇번 사용한적은 있지만 아주 대략적으로만 알고 있어서 구글링 해보았다. 우선 영어설명을 들여다 보자. REST API의 영어 설명 A RESTful API is an architectural style for an application program interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to access and use data. That data can be used to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data types, which refers to the reading, updating, creating and deleting of operations concerning resources. A RESTful API -- also referred to as a RESTful web service or REST API -- is based on representational state transfer (REST), whic