{"id":7312,"date":"2025-08-02T23:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-the-difference-between-odata-and-rest"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:23:56","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-odata-and-rest","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-the-difference-between-odata-and-rest","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between OData and REST?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Feature<\/th>\n<th>REST<\/th>\n<th>OData<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Definition<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Architectural style for web services<\/td>\n<td>A protocol based on REST for querying and updating data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Standardization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not strictly standardized<\/td>\n<td>Fully standardized (by OASIS and ISO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Query Support<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Limited or custom<\/td>\n<td>Rich query support via URL options (<code>$filter<\/code>, <code>$select<\/code>, etc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Metadata<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not provided by default<\/td>\n<td>Automatically exposes metadata (<code>$metadata<\/code>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Data Format<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Typically JSON or XML<\/td>\n<td>Supports JSON and Atom (XML)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CRUD Operations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Uses HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)<\/td>\n<td>Uses same HTTP methods with structured rules<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Relationship Handling<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Requires custom implementation<\/td>\n<td>Built-in support for entity relationships<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Use Case<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Flexible, generic API design<\/td>\n<td>Structured data-centric APIs, often used in enterprise apps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[172],"question_tags":[178,222,221,258,177],"class_list":["post-7312","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-odata","question_tags-abap","question_tags-api","question_tags-odata","question_tags-rest","question_tags-sap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question\/7312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion-category&post=7312"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion_tags&post=7312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}