Are you curious about what is REST and OData? Then, this article is for you. In it, you will find an explanation of what is REST, how it is applied to the construction of RESTful APIs; what is OData and how it is used to build web services, and the differences between the two. Brief comparison The table below summarizes the main similarities and differences between REST APIs and OData Services. Table1: REST and OData comparison As the table shows, both technologies follow REST principles, although OData is more relaxed in that, if there is a good reason to avoid its use, it lets you do so. Thus the OData Protocol is more comprehensive than the REST model, as in addition to the use of the REST principles, it provides a way to describe both the data and the data model. So, let’s go deep into the details by explaining each of the concepts mentioned in the above table. What is REST Representational State Transfer, or better known as REST is a software a...
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