Express

What’s the difference between PUT and PATCH?

PUT is a method of modifying resource where the client sends data that updates the entire resource.

PATCH is used when you want to apply a partial update to the resource.

Provide links to 3 services or tools that allow you to “mock” an API for development like json-server

• postman.
• stoplight.
• wiremock.

Compare and contrast Swagger and APIDoc.js 1 Which HTTP status codes should be sent with each type of (un)successful API call?

1. Swagger status Codes:

• 200 : Successful request and response.
• 400 : Bad request
• 404 : Not found
• 500 : Unexpected error

1. APIDoc.js HTTP status Codes:

• 200 : Successful request and response.
• 400 : Bad request
• 404 : Not found
• 500 : Unexpected error

Compare and contrast SOAP and ReST

1. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a standards-based web services access protocol that has been around for a long time. Originally developed by Microsoft, SOAP isn’t as simple as the acronym would suggest

• protocol
• needs more bandwidth for its usage
• only works with XML formats
• cannot make use of REST

1. REST (Representational State Transfer)

REST (Representational State Transfer) is another standard, made in response to SOAP’s shortcomings. It seeks to fix the problems with SOAP and provide a simpler method of accessing web services

• architectural pattern
• doesn’t need much bandwidth
• work with plain text, XML, HTML and JSON
• can make use of SOAP

Document the following Vocabulary Terms

Web Server

A web server is the technology that serves up a website to users when they visit a URL. On the technical side of things, what that means is that it handles the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

Express

Web Applications Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications.

Routing

Routing is responsible for matching incoming HTTP requests and dispatching those requests to the app’s executable endpoints, routing is also able to generate URLs that map to endpoint

WRRC

Web request response cycle, details how information moves between client/server