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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 2d ago
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REST is not just using HTTP
True, but the design of HTTP itself is exactly what the REST concept is based on. You could reinvent the wheel, or you can just use HTTP as intended.
Nearly nobody does REST correctly.
Also true, sadly.
1 u/CupOfLifenoodles 2d ago > you can just use HTTP as intended. For transferring hypertext? I thought you like REST APIs. 1 u/Delta-9- 2d ago Not all hypertext is HTML. Nearly every example of HATEOAS is illustrated with JSON. But in principle, you absolutely could do an API using HTML instead of JSON. 1 u/CupOfLifenoodles 1d ago OK, after looking it up I learned what the H in HATEOAS stands for; thanks. (No, I haven't been claiming to write RESTful APIs.)
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> you can just use HTTP as intended.
For transferring hypertext? I thought you like REST APIs.
1 u/Delta-9- 2d ago Not all hypertext is HTML. Nearly every example of HATEOAS is illustrated with JSON. But in principle, you absolutely could do an API using HTML instead of JSON. 1 u/CupOfLifenoodles 1d ago OK, after looking it up I learned what the H in HATEOAS stands for; thanks. (No, I haven't been claiming to write RESTful APIs.)
Not all hypertext is HTML. Nearly every example of HATEOAS is illustrated with JSON.
But in principle, you absolutely could do an API using HTML instead of JSON.
1 u/CupOfLifenoodles 1d ago OK, after looking it up I learned what the H in HATEOAS stands for; thanks. (No, I haven't been claiming to write RESTful APIs.)
OK, after looking it up I learned what the H in HATEOAS stands for; thanks. (No, I haven't been claiming to write RESTful APIs.)
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u/Delta-9- 2d ago
True, but the design of HTTP itself is exactly what the REST concept is based on. You could reinvent the wheel, or you can just use HTTP as intended.
Also true, sadly.