You can even test the REST API before using it on the page and automatically define the service response structure.

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He says that with the previous REST-based API there were things like naming confusion, thanks to "digg" being both a verb and a noun.

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Next we'll take a look at the Mirror API, which gives you the ability to exchange data and interact with the user over REST.

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