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Rebranding misses the point, because most people who claim to provide a REST API are actually providing web API that completely misses many of the rest principl
by sergioisidoro 5y ago
Rebranding misses the point, because most people who claim to provide a REST API are actually providing web API that completely misses many of the rest principles.
What we need to do is retrain everyone to use the more general term "Web API" and reclaim the term "rest" for architecture and design decision discussions.
- goto11 5y agoI think HTTP API is fine. "Web" implies some form of hypertext or hypermedia, but this is not required in a API.
- zozbot234 5y ago"Web" standards include the Semantic-Web/Linked-Data stack for non-hypertext data, which is highly reliant on REST-like and HATEOAS principles.
- bklaasen 5y agoYeah, I call these types of APIs "JSON over HTTP". More syllables than "RESTful API", but everyone knows what I'm talking about.