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#REST API VBA SOFTWARE#

API stands for Application Programmer’s Interface and defined as ‘a set of sub-routine definitions, tools and protocols for building a computer software’. Read more about REST here.Īgain we need to answer the question, ‘what is an API?’.

REST said to be (not a protocol or standard) but an architechtural style.

REST Web Services: REST stands for Representational State Transfer and is a newer type of web service. SOAP Web Services:SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol and this is the traditional web service that have been around for some time. But in this case we give it a fancy name ‘web service’ because it happens seamlessly over the web. These whole process is just the same as what happens during a function call.

return the result(response) to the client.

query a database to obtain the exchange rate between the two currencies.

accept the input parameters which are (the currency to convert from, the currency to convert to, and the value to convert).

If we go to Google and type ‘100USD to EUR’, a web service is called which executes the function to carry out the conversion. For instance the weather service, or the currency exchange rates. A web services can also be used by other services or applications.

#REST API VBA SOFTWARE#

Step 7: Modify the WebApiConfig.cs fileįirst we anSwer the question, what is a web service? A web service is is a piece of software or service that is accessible over the internet.Step 1: Create an Empty Web API project.Solution: Creating RESTful API in Visual Studio(Step by Step).In this lesson we are going to cover the following