What does "stateless" mean in a REST API?
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A REST API is described as stateless. What does that mean?
- Each request carries everything the server needs to process it, such as the token; the server keeps no session memory between requests
- The server never stores any data
- Responses can never be cached
- Only GET requests are allowed
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