Unity Networking Fundamentals: Creating Multiplayer Games with Unity

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S. Kelly, K. KumarUnity Networking Fundamentalshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7358-6_3

3. RESTful APIs

Sloan Kelly¹   and Khagendra Kumar²

(1)

Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

(2)

Katihar, Bihar, India

 

Up to this point, you have been learning about low-level concepts when it comes to networking. For the most part, though, network programming is done at the Application layer. This is the top-most layer of the OSI model, as shown in Figure 3-1, where your game sits.

Figure 3-1

The OSI seven-layer network model

Your game might utilize some form of web service to get data ...