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Webdav predates REST but it essentially ticks all of the boxes that make up REST. Plenty of providers offer Webdav cloud storage (basically all of the smaller o
by AReallyGoodName 11y ago
Webdav predates REST but it essentially ticks all of the boxes that make up REST. Plenty of providers offer Webdav cloud storage (basically all of the smaller ones since they can't really afford to maintain their own API).
- e12e 11y agoIt does? The REST thesis came out in 2000, looks like the (and AFAIR) WebDAV came later? http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm http://www.webdav.org/specs/ http://www.webdav.org/specs/
- AReallyGoodName 11y agoWebDav dates back to 1996. You've just got a list of the latest rfcs. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2518 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2518
- drrogers 11y agoI wonder why all the larger ones don't support it. Also the existence of WebDAV doesn't really demonstrate that merely adhering to REST will make your clients portable.