Industrial Communications
REST API
A common web-style way for software systems to request or update data.
IN ONE SENTENCE
Applications communicate using HTTP requests and structured data, often JSON.
In normal English
REST APIs are common in cloud services, gateways, historians and management systems rather than hard real-time machine control.
Why would I use it?
Use it when industrial data must integrate with web software, databases or enterprise systems.
THINK OF IT LIKE…
Software asking another system for information through a well-defined web doorway.
Related terms
HTTP, JSON, cloud, API
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