Why We Choose REST APIs

REST APIs (Representational State Transfer APIs) are a popular choice for building web APIs because they are easy to use and provide a number of benefits, including:

Wide adoption:

REST APIs are widely used and supported by a large number of tools, libraries, and frameworks, making them easy to integrate with other systems.

Loose coupling:

REST APIs use a simple, standardized interface that is independent of the underlying implementation, which allows for loose coupling between the client and the server. This makes it easy to change the implementation on the server side without affecting the client.

Scalability:

REST APIs are designed to be scalable, allowing them to handle a large number of requests without performance degradation.

Statelessness:

REST APIs are stateless, meaning that each request contains all the information necessary to process it, and the server does not store any information about previous requests. This makes it easier to scale the API and to maintain it over time.

In general, REST APIs are a good choice when you need to build a simple, scalable, and flexible API that can be easily consumed by a wide variety of clients.

However, there may be cases where a different type of API may be more appropriate, such as when you need real-time communication or when you need to support a large number of concurrent connections. In these cases, you may want to consider using a different type of API, such as a web socket-based API or a server-sent events-based API.