Introduction Open Data Protocol (OData) is a standard protocol for building and consuming RESTful APIs. It extends traditional REST-based data access techniques by providing a uniform way to expose, structure, and manipulate data. Originally developed by Microsoft, OData is widely adopted because it standardizes queries and interoperability between different systems...

Introduction According to the people who designed it, OData (the Open Data Protocol) is “the best way to Rest”. OData is essential, a way to try and standardize REST. It’s an open protocol that allows the creation and consumption of queryable and interoperable RESTful APIs in a simple and standard...