Back in 2016, I asked Microsoft about the status of OData -- the RESTful API protocol it developed ... Microsoft described OData (Open Data Protocol) to me thusly: OData is a set of common conventions ...

The Ironbeam API allows users to receive live data seamlessly via an easy-to-use REST interface without the need to repeatedly poll the server for ... introduction of WebSocket streaming in ...

The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP methods to declare whether they are idempotent or not. With an idempotent HTTP method, multiple invocations always leave the data on the server in ...