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As it is, REST is not standardized enough for automation. It should be possible to generate a client library in any language just from the service's self-descr
by Kinrany 5y ago
As it is, REST is not standardized enough for automation.
It should be possible to generate a client library in any language just from the service's self-description.
- sitkack 5y agoThe poetry of writing semantically meaningful urls is gone. We need really detailed descriptions of the interface boundary, who is responsible and how things are encoded, such that one can use any language they wish for either side of the call. This problem has been solved before.
- Kinrany 5y agoThe article is in fact arguing that calling APIs RESTful is a category error. REST is a standard for protocols implemented by APIs, not APIs themselves. WWW itself is RESTful, not WWW servers.