restid
Restid is a term used informally in software development to denote the identifier of a resource in a RESTful context or as a generic placeholder for an object's ID. It is not a formal standard with a single agreed definition, and its exact meaning depends on context and project conventions. Variants in casing such as restId or rest_id are common.
In RESTful APIs, resources are identified by URIs. A restid may refer to the value in the
In code and documentation, restid is often used as a variable name to store such identifiers (for
Best practices emphasize choosing stable, non-sensitive identifiers when possible and avoiding leakage of internal database keys;