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Resources that are not based on data in a table can still use some of the principles presented below, but there will need to be a little more effort. We will provide additional articles demonstrating how non-database resources can be created.
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The Resource Object
We've already explained that a resource can be represented in any digital format, but the conventional format used by RESTful APIs is to use JSON. In our documentation we will often make reference to the resource object, which is short-hand for the "resource as represented by a serialized JSON object". Please note that at times we will also use the term resource as a synonym for resource object, even though a resource can mean much more than that.
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