RAD Studio 11 saw the introduction of the TRESTRequestDataSetAdapter, a component that can read data from a TDataSet and convert it to JSON ready to send back to a remote RESTful API. Before I talk more about how to use it, I want to recap how REST URL/APIs work.
REST APIs and VERBS
REST APIs are typically created to use the different HTML verbs (POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE) to define the…
Everything You Need To Use REST In Your Apps Now
January 4, 2022
What is REST and why should I learn more about it?
REST is a type of software architecture that was designed to ensure interoperability between different Internet computer systems. Basically, the idea is that services that comply with REST architecture can more easily…
All You Need To Know About Using Low Code REST
October 21, 2021
REST is a type of software architecture that was designed to ensure interoperability between different Internet computer systems. Basically, the idea is that services that comply with REST architecture can more easily communicate with one another. You can integrate REST API…
The High-Performance Future Of AI Is REST APIs
September 21, 2021
Businesses mostly prefer artificial intelligence solutions that are customized as per their needs and serve exactly the same purpose that they want to achieve. In such situations, that require a significant level of customization, desktop apps are still an ideal choice of adoption for fast-paced businesses.
Desktop apps are powerful execution tools that can natively run on your local…
Every App and application needs a REST web service
Introduction to REST WebServices in Delphi with Danny Wind is a live series of four 1-hour sessions, each on creating web services (with WebBroker) in Delphi. This series is ongoing and has been published at Blaise Pascal…
How To Use A REST AI API The Really Difficult Way
June 20, 2021
REST AI APIs are really easy to use with RAD Studio
Look, we have been spoiling you a little too much on this site. We keep showing you how few lines of code it is to call APIs on public REST servers. We showed you comparison tests which proved that the skilled Delphi…
How Easy Is It To Add A REST API To Your Own Apps?
June 14, 2021
Spoiler Alert: it’s REALLY easy to add a REST API to your own Development on Windows desktop applications. Read along with us and we’ll show you exactly how easy it is! Expressjs is a fast, ‘unopinionated’ minimalist web framework for Node.js. It provides a great combination of features that make web application development fast and easy which would otherwise be much more…
Powerful Dashboards with REST API & Delphi MVC Framework
June 12, 2021
The Delphi MVC framework (DMVC) is a popular and powerful framework for web solutions, that allows the MVC architecture in an IDE software: Delphi. With it, we can create powerful RESTful servers without any effort. In this article, we will make a Delphi MVC example and…
How cool would it be for your Windows or mobile app to allow travelers to take random pictures at interesting places and retrieve instant useful information about the location they are visiting and the landmarks they can see? In this article we will see how to easily do just…
Learn To Use ExchangeRates API With REST In C++ Builder
April 17, 2021
Do you want to add live exchange rates features to your applications? You can easily get live exchange rates in our C++ Builder and Delphi applications by using ExchangeRates API from theexchangeratesapi.iothat is free for 250 requests monthly. It is very easy to set up and get data in JSON format, which means we can easily use the REST framework to connect this data.
If…