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> Most APIs are not REST, just some RPC-like APIs over HTTP. Can you elaborate this part? Does PostgREST does that? If not, any example of it
by avinassh 6y ago
> Most APIs are not REST, just some RPC-like APIs over HTTP.
Can you elaborate this part? Does PostgREST does that? If not, any example of it
- corytheboyd 6y agoI think the point is that many people in the wild conflate the term “REST API” with “arbitrary interaction over HTTP”. We’ve all seen examples, the one-off endpoint to fetch that little tertiary bit of data, that one-off POST to invalidate a cache. None of that is REST
- abraae 6y agoTo REST purists, APIs must use HATEOAS to be considered REST.
- masklinn 6y ago"HATEOAS" is pretty much the only thing REST contains. "REST API" without HATEOAS has no meaning, it's just a stand-in for "good HTTP citizen" (if even that).