Popular API Architecture Styles
1. gRPC: A high-performance, language-agnostic remote procedure call (RPC) framework for efficient communication between distributed systems, often used in microservices architectures.
2. SOAP: A protocol for exchanging structured information in the implementation of web services, known for its strict standards and XML-based message format.
3. GraphQL: A query language and runtime for APIs that allows clients to request only the data they need, reducing over-fetching and under-fetching of data.
4. Webhook: A mechanism for real-time communication where an application sends HTTP POST requests to a predefined URL to notify and trigger actions in another system.
5. REST: Representational State Transfer, an architectural style for designing networked applications, using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to manipulate resources.
6. WebSocket
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