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This so much, I don’t think I’ve ever seen an API that matches Fielding’s paper.
by cowsandmilk 1y ago
This so much, I don’t think I’ve ever seen an API that matches Fielding’s paper.
- taffer 1y agoYou are using one right now! > REST [...] is a software architectural style that was created to describe the design [...] of the architecture for the World Wide Web. [1] People forget that the Web is the original REST. You have - resources (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45468477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45468477) - HTTP verbs (GET, POST) - and hypermedia controls (<a href="item?id=45468365">parent</a>) This is all you need to meet Fielding's definition, and it has become so ubiquitous that we don't even notice it anymore. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST
- fzzzy 1y agoMaybe we would be talking about hypermedia as the engine of application state more if somebody took the time to work on the acronym.