What are the features of RESTful Web Services?

Answer

Every RESTful web service has the following features:

• The service is based on the Client-Server model.
• The service uses HTTP Protocol for fetching data/resources, query execution, or any other functions.
• The medium of communication between the client and server is called “Messaging”.
• Resources are accessible to the service by means of URIs.
• It follows the statelessness concept where the client request and response are not dependent on others and thereby provides total assurance of getting the required data.
• These services also use the concept of caching to minimize the server calls for the same type of repeated requests.
• These services can also use SOAP services as implementation protocol to REST architectural pattern.