Reference

Reference topics are especially useful if you're new to REST APIs. You can start by reviewing commonly used REST API terms, the different types of REST resources, such as singular and collection resources, and resource URL paths. Explore the following topics:

Topic	Description
Access Control Lists	Access control lists to access REST resources
Resource Types	Parameters and properties of the supported resources: singular, collection, and error status.
Status Codes	List of standard HTTP response codes
Supported Data Types	List of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) resource attribute types
Supported HTTP Methods	Methods GET, POST, PATCH, and DELETE and which work with each data type
Supported Media Types	List of data formats for HTTP payloads
Terminology	List of commonly used terms
URL Paths	Variations of REST resource paths across product versions
Optional Features	This section will provide some additional detail for optional features which are not yet promoted.