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REST is an application programming interface for RESTful systems, interpreted by RESTful clients (browsers). Generic Data APIs, and the clients that use them,

• SilasX 4y ago
  >REST is an application programming interface for RESTful systems, interpreted by RESTful clients (browsers). No, the interpretation is done by the human using the browser, which is what makes it not programmable against, violating the P in the acronym.
  • recursivedoubts 4y ago
    The brower, a hypermedia client, sees the links, for example, in the API responses and renders them for the human to interact with. The browser is a hypermedia client, working against a hypermedia API. It not understanding the content of the responses beyond the hypermedia layer is by design: that's the uniform interface of REST. I mean, this is quibbling over definitions. I agree entirely with your general point that REST hasn't worked out well as a network architecture for non-hypermedia clients.