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Wait, why not? The JSON could return in a standard format that the client knows where to look for links to other documents.
by leftnode 15y ago
Wait, why not? The JSON could return in a standard format that the client knows where to look for links to other documents.
- extension 15y agoSure, you can design a standard format on top of JSON, but that is rarely done. The whole appeal of it is for passing around ad-hoc data structures. There are many hypermedia formats built on XML, but when it's just used as a data container for an API, it's not hypermedia.
- leftnode 15y agoGotcha, that makes sense. Thanks.