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...

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...