What is REST and RESTful api?

Question

RESTful API

Please explain how for a 5 year old child, because what is written in Wikipedia does not reach me ...

Answer 1

REST is a set of architectural principles for building service-oriented systems.
RESTful is an adjective used to refer to services that follow REST principles.
Here a person tells (translates) how to determine if your service is RESTful and to what extent:
https://habrahabr.ru/post/319984/

Answer 2

maybe, as in Habré it will come

Answer 3

Good evening.
It's all chewed up here

Answer 4

https://toster.ru/answer?answer_id=738635