Understanding the REST API
REST is the abbreviation for Representational State Transfer. It is an API that uses HTTP requests to access and use data based on data types. REST uses HTTP request commands such as GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE, which refer to read, update, create, and delete operations.
A REST API call is an HTTP call to a REST API endpoint using a URL. Each URL is built up from a domain, port, path, and query string. A call can return a single result or even a complete data structure.
The Azure Digital Twins REST API has its API divided between two separate planes. Each plane manages a specific part of the Azure Digital Twins service. The following planes are defined.
- Control Plane: This plane is used to manage the Azure Digital Twins instance.
- Data Plane: This plane is used to manage the elements within an Azure Digital Twins instance.
Each of these planes has numerous REST API calls available that are used by SDKs to perform actions and to manage...
