Only LINSERT, LREM, LRANGE, and the blocking commands are expressed using the the query, but I agree that none of them should be. The others are just arguments

Only LINSERT, LREM, LRANGE, and the blocking commands are expressed using the the query, but I agree that none of them should be. The others are just arguments which have to be arguments in order for the resources to work. Which leads to... Keeping the Redis names means REST isn't even an option. There's no way around that. For instance LINDEX and LSET operate on the same resource, i.e. the same URL. Giving them different URLs means abandoning any and all RESTfulness. This exercise was probably only useful in showing that REST is not what you want, but it was interesting to think about. Thanks for the question!