# API Glossary: A Developer Reference for REST APIs

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**Created:** [September 29, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://www.itechguides.com/community/t/api-glossary-a-developer-reference-for-rest-apis/193 "2026-09-29T06:07:51Z")
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Understand REST APIs from first principles: methods, idempotency, status codes, authentication, representations, retries, and OpenAPI contracts.

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