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Analyzing web application APIs using Edge DevTools

September 1, 2020

Via: InfoWorld

Much of the code we write these days depends on the web. After all, why develop a new protocol when you can add a custom payload to HTTP? There’s no need to create a new layer in the networking stack when there’s already one that’s extensible, flexible, and secure. Instead we can take advantage of the GET and POST functions in HTTP and work with RESTful APIs.

Yes, that’s oversimplifying, but in practice very few occasions demand something completely new. HTTP is a simplification, yes, but it’s also an obfuscation.

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