ADevGuide Tag: API
All the articles with the tag "API".
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Authentication vs Authorization: What's the Difference?
Series: API and Backend Basics Series
Learn authentication vs authorization with clear API examples, 401 vs 403, sessions, JWTs, and role checks in modern backends.
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What Is JSON? Why It's Used in APIs
Series: API and Backend Basics Series
Learn what JSON is, how its syntax works, and why APIs use it for fast, language-independent data exchange.
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HTTP Status Codes Explained (200, 404, 500 and More)
Series: API and Backend Basics Series
Learn HTTP status codes with real API examples of 200, 201, 301, 304, 400, 401, 403, 404, 429, 500, and 503.
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HTTP Methods Explained: GET vs POST vs PUT vs DELETE
Series: API and Backend Basics Series
Learn HTTP methods with real examples of GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE, plus safety, idempotency, caching, and API design rules.
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What Is REST API? Beginner's Guide with Examples
Series: API and Backend Basics Series
Understand what a REST API is, how resources, methods, status codes, and stateless requests work, with practical backend examples.
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How APIs Work: A Simple Guide for Beginners
Series: Internet and Web Foundations Series
Learn how APIs work end to end: requests, responses, authentication, status codes, versioning, and practical backend patterns for beginners.
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API Rate Limiting: Complete Guide with Spring Boot Implementation
Series: Spring Boot Mastery Series
Learn API rate limiting strategies, algorithms, and implementation using Spring Boot. Discover how companies like Twitter and GitHub protect their APIs.