Comment by recursivedoubts

This is a very good and detailed review of the concepts of REST, kudos to the author.

One additional point I would add is that making use of the REST-ful/HATEOAS pattern (in the original sense) requires a conforming client to make the juice worth the squeeze:

https://htmx.org/essays/hypermedia-clients

https://intercoolerjs.org/2016/05/08/hatoeas-is-for-humans