What’s the difference between HTTP API and REST API?

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What’s the difference between HTTP API and REST API?

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All ( within reason ) REST api’s are http api’s, but not the reverse.

An HTTP API is any API that is built on the HTTP protocol. A REST API is a specific API design that treats all endpoints as stateless resources that can be manipulated using a uniform set of predefined operations.

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