How to follow REST conventions — Basic

Misc / Other Coding & architecture practices

Use nouns for resources, HTTP verbs for actions, and meaningful status codes (200, 201, 204, 400, 404, 500).

Learn: REST is a convention, not a framework feature. Collections use plural nouns; IDs live in the path; verbs express intent via HTTP methods—not via path names like /getUsers.

Supplementary examples

Nested resource path

GET /users/42/pastes     # pastes belonging to user 42
POST /users/42/pastes     # create paste for user 42

Course example

GET    /users       -> 200 list
POST   /users       -> 201 created
GET    /users/:id   -> 200 one | 404
PUT    /users/:id   -> 200 updated | 404
DELETE /users/:id   -> 204 no content | 404

Additional references & examples

RESTful API design (readthedocs)
Resource naming and HTTP verb conventions (cited in course).
HTTP status codes (MDN)
When to use 200, 201, 204, 400, 404, 500, and related codes.