02. Consuming REST

JAVA C2 L6 02 REST API

There are times when you want to consume (or call) publicly accessible web services or APIs in your application. If there is a web service or API available that provides the data you need, it doesn’t make sense for you to build one from scratch. This allows you to deliver your products and services faster to your end users.

RestTemplate allows you to consume a REST API programmatically from your code.

Identify THREE ways to consume a REST API.
SOLUTION:
  • Programmatically via RestTemplate
  • Postman
  • cURL

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