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## RestMiddlewareGroups namespace

Built-in middleware groups for the REST sequence

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare namespace RestMiddlewareGroups 
```

## Variables

|  Variable | Description |
|  --- | --- |
|  [API\_SPEC](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.api_spec.md) | Server OpenAPI specs |
|  [AUTHENTICATION](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.authentication.md) | Perform authentication |
|  [CORS](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.cors.md) | Enforce CORS |
|  [DEFAULT](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.default.md) |  |
|  [FIND\_ROUTE](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.find_route.md) | Find the route that can serve the request |
|  [INVOKE\_METHOD](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.invoke_method.md) | Invoke the target controller method or handler function |
|  [MIDDLEWARE](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.middleware.md) | Default middleware group |
|  [PARSE\_PARAMS](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.parse_params.md) | Parse the http request to extract parameter values for the operation |
|  [SEND\_RESPONSE](./rest.restmiddlewaregroups.send_response.md) | Invoke downstream middleware to get the result or catch errors so that it can produce the http response |