RESTful APIs rely on the client-server architecture. This simply means that for RESTful APIs, you need two main components—a client and a server. A client sends an HTTP request to a server, and the server replies with an HTTP response to the client. A single server typically handles numerous clients at the same time:
The preceding diagram can be explained with the help of following points:
- The client is the component that initiates the API request. A client either asks for a resource from a server, or sends a resource to a server.
- The server is the component that receives requests and then processes them. A ...
