具象状态传输（英文：Representational State Transfer，简称REST）是Roy Thomas Fielding博士于2000年在他的博士论文 "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures" 中提出来的一种万维网软件架构风格。

目前在三种主流的Web服务实现方案中，因为REST模式与复杂的SOAP和XML-RPC相比更加简洁，越来越多的web服务开始采用REST风格设计和实现。例如，Amazon.com提供接近REST风格的Web服务进行图书查找；雅虎提供的Web服务也是REST风格的。

In computing, representational state transfer (REST) is the software architectural style of the World Wide Web. More precisely, REST is an architectural style consisting of a coordinated set of architectural constraints applied to components, connectors, and data elements, within a distributed hypermedia system. REST ignores the details of component implementation and protocol syntax in order to focus on the roles of components, the constraints upon their interaction with other components, and their interpretation of significant data elements. Through the application of REST architectural constraints certain architectural properties are induced: Performance, Scalability, Simplicity, Modifiability, Visibility, Portability, and Reliability.