Technical requirements
The scripts provided in the chapter can be run in Azure Cloud Shell as well as executed locally. The Azure CLI and Visual Studio Code are ideal tools to execute the code and commands provided in the following repository:
Code in Action videos for this chapter: https://bit.ly/3BuvzKf
Understanding the role of web API services
What is a web API in the modern web application world? A web API is a well-known and widely used technology to transfer data through communication channels on the internet. Web APIs are usually implemented on servers as a group of endpoints and used for connections from a variety of clients. Endpoints support the Representational State Transfer (REST) interface, allowing the manipulation of data objects by using HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE). The data formats engaged in communication are commonly represented...
