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title: "What is Representational State Transfer (REST)?"  
description: "What is Representational State Transfer (REST)?"  
author: "Manoj Bhatt"  
published: 2016-05-02  
updated: 2016-05-02  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34122/what-is-representational-state-transfer-rest  
category: "asp.net mvc"  
tags: ["c#", "asp.net", "asp.net mvc"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Representational State Transfer (REST)?

Hi Everyone,\
I want to know about REST. Can [anyone give me](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41194/can-anyone-give-me-some-high-and-low-points-of-each-of-the-four-first-presidential-administrations) a solution.\
Thank you.

## Replies

### Reply by Anupam Mishra

Hi Manoj,\
**REST** is an architectural style which uses HTTP protocol methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to access the data. MVC works in this style. In MVC 4 there is a support for Web API which uses to build the service using HTTP verbs.\
In computing, representational state transfer (REST) is the software architectural style of the World Wide Web. More precisely, REST is an architectural style consisting of a coordinated set of architectural constraints applied to components, connectors, and data elements, within a distributed hypermedia system. REST ignores the details of component implementation and protocol syntax in order to focus on the roles of components, the constraints upon their interaction with other components, and their interpretation of significant data elements. Through the application of REST architectural constraints certain architectural properties are induced: Performance, Scalability, Simplicity, Modifiability, Visibility, Portability, and Reliability\
Fo more details: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer)


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