What is REST? How to design RESTful APIs in ASP.NET Core

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an architectural style for

building scalable web services. RESTful APIs follow standard HTTP

methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and stateless communication.

✅ Key principles for RESTful API in ASP.NET Core:

• Use HTTP verbs for operations.
• Use nouns (resources) in URIs, not verbs.
• Support stateless operations.
• Return appropriate HTTP status codes.
• Implement HATEOAS (optional for hypermedia).