IMPORTANT WEB TERMINOLOGY

• API
• Web API / Web Service.
• REST
• REST API
• Django REST Framework

API: Application Programming Interface.

To access functionality of one application from other application. e.g — A java application can communicate with Django application.

Web API /Web Service:

An API for web application.

e.g An online booking system communicating with payment gateway application.

An online registration connecting to Gmail/Facebook for authentication.

REST:

• It’s Architecture.
• It defines several guidelines to develop web APIs very easily.
• The APIs which are developed by using REST architecture or principal are called REST APIs ( or also called RESTful APIs).