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REST APIs are stateless. What does that mean for each request?

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  1. Each request carries all the info needed to understand it
  2. The server stores nothing in any database
  3. Requests cannot change any data

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  1. Roy Fielding, Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures, Chapter 5 (UC Irvine) ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm Checked 2026-10-10.

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