Rest(Representational State Transfer) is a architectural pattern to develop a api in restful manner

1- Follow rest suggested uri pattern e.g http://ABC.com/api/manage-employee http://ABC.com/api/manage-employee/1

2- Follow respective HttpVerb for each action.

e.g.

[HttpGet] //for retrieve data http://ABC.com/api/manage-employee

[HttpPut] // for update http://ABC.com/api/manage-employee/1

3. It works over HTTP Protocol.