Nodejs: APIs

API(Application Programming Interface) is a general concept that referes to a set of rules and protocols that allow different software application to ______

• communicate and interact with each other

• communicate and interact with the Graphical User Interfacer(GUI)

• communicate and interact with the Command Line Interface(CLI)

• communicate and interact with the binary executable file

What is the full meaning of REST in REST API

• Real State Transfer

• Read State Transfer

• Representational State Transfer

• Rep State Transfer

What are the principles of REST API

• Resource-based

• Stateless

• Uniform Interface

• All of the options

To test an API, what tool can I use

• API client

• API server

• API manager

• API checker

What are some examples of API clients

• Postman

• Thunderclient

• All of the options

• Insomnia

Which one of the following is the best approach for choosing an api endpoint for a list of books

{HttpMethod ResourceName}

• GET /book

• GET /books

• POST /book

• POST /books

For filtering and sorting on API endpoints, what can we use?

• path param

• query params

• base path

• none of the options

To access resources on an API server, what do we use?

• API accessors

• API endpoints

• API parmas

• API methods

Choose the wrong option

• 200 === ok/success

• 400 === Too many request

• 404 === Not found

• 500 === Server Error

What is the response format from an API server

• HTML/CSS

• JavaScript

• Nodejs scripts

• JSON