Agree. > Today, when someone uses the term REST, they are nearly always discussing a JSON-based API using HTTP. Yup, this is exactly what I do. So what? Maybe

Agree. > Today, when someone uses the term REST, they are nearly always discussing a JSON-based API using HTTP. Yup, this is exactly what I do. So what? Maybe that's incorrect naming but most people only care about being able to easily use the API, not whether it is true REST. And not being 100% REST-spirit-compliant does not prevent from using tools like OpenAPI to document it.