Rest Api Overview

If we start with the Tasks lists page, we will need a way of getting a list of all task-lists and a way  create task lists:

On the Task List Page, we’ll need a way to edit a task list and delete a task list. Also, because of page refreshes and the like, it would also be beneficial to to get the details of one task list by using it’s ID:

Moving onto Tasks, the task list page will need a way of listing all tasks for a task list and creating a task:

Once we have created a task we would need a way to edit the task and delete the task:

As tasks have a “has a” relationship with tasks and cannot exist without being associated with a task list, we use a URL structure for tasks which also specifies the task list ID.

So, at least initially, we can fulfill the requirements of the project by implementing the following endpoints:

Summary

• The REST API offers create, read, update and delete (CRUD) operations for Task and TaskList
• The Task URL path includes the TaskList URL path, representing their "has a" relationship