Understanding REST APIs - Chronic Absenteeism-VDG

Your data gets to the Starter Kit via the Ed-Fi ODS platform's API. The Ed-Fi API uses standard REST conventions and JSON as its data format language.

A REST API is a common pattern in software development; if you are not familiar with this pattern, we recommend these resources:

• REST API Overview
• Video about REST APIs

The entire Ed-Fi ODS / API is extensive, but your application will only interact with a few of these API resources. Those are covered in the section Data Requirements.