Before we get started with building our application, let's quickly see how a RESTful web service works.
For this exercise, we will use the web service from the following link:
You will need to create an API key to be able to use these services. So, go ahead, sign up, and register for an API key.
Feel free to go through the documentation to understand the different web services they provide and different types of parameters you need to pass.
We'll use the Box Office API to get the list of the latest box office movies. The URL for the API is as follows:
http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/lists/movies/box_office.json
To this, we need to pass the following additional parameters: