I've been thinking lately that certain APIs would benefit from two distinct 'entry points': 1. a nice, object-oriented hierarchical RESTful interface for stand

I've been thinking lately that certain APIs would benefit from two distinct 'entry points': 1. a nice, object-oriented hierarchical RESTful interface for standard queries and getting started e.g. /api/user/12345/friends/ 2. a sql-esque query language interface for arbitrary, complicated requests e.g. /api/?q=select id from users where name="Joe" It looks like ql.io could be a good way to provide the latter.