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This idea of self-describing REST is now better known as HATEOAS. Personally I think it’s bloated and doesn’t solve a real problem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
by jahewson 2y ago
This idea of self-describing REST is now better known as HATEOAS. Personally I think it’s bloated and doesn’t solve a real problem.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS
- crabmusket 2y agoHATEOAS is fantastic when your clients are humans. Not so much when they're code.
- recursivedoubts 2y agoagree entirely: https://intercoolerjs.org/2016/05/08/hatoeas-is-for-humans.html https://intercoolerjs.org/2016/05/08/hatoeas-is-for-humans.h...
- recursivedoubts 2y agoHATEOAS is one sub-constraint of the uniform interface constraint of REST, see chapter 2 of my book: https://hypermedia.systems/components-of-a-hypermedia-system/#_hypermedia_as_the_engine_of_application_state_hateoas https://hypermedia.systems/components-of-a-hypermedia-system... It's an important aspect of a truly RESTful network architecture