• Resource
• Collections
• URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

Resource:

1. is an object or representation of something that has some associated data with it and there can be a set of methods to operate on it.

• E.g.:

  • Users
  • Animals
  • schools
  • Employees
  • Vehicles

2. are resources and delete, add, and update are the operations to be performed on these resources.

Collections:

1. a set of resources, e.g. companies is the collection of the company resource.

1. https://medium.com/better-programming/restful-api-designing-guidelines-the-best-practices-39454135f61