To understand the integration concepts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, it is important to know about the basic web integration concepts. In this section, we will learn about basic web concepts such as RESTful APIs, SOAP, OData, JSON, OAuth, and the event-driven architecture pattern.
Basic web integration concepts
RESTful APIs
REpresentational State Transfer (REST) is an architecture style that relies on six guiding constraints: stateless, client-server, cacheable, layered system, code on demand (optional), and uniform interface. Web service APIs that adhere to the REST architecture are called RESTful APIs.
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