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by nilliams 4672 days ago
Yep the missing part of the description is 'server-to-server', or 'client-with-a-listen-port (i.e. not a browser) to server'.

Unfortunately a lot of us developers see the term REST API and think a-ha, this is something I can consume in my browser. This isn't that, so confusion ensues.