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REST API

REST-based protocols

Alternatives (not REST)

Comparisons

https://www.fabernovel.com/en/article/tech-en/which-technologies-should-you-use-to-build-hypermedia-apis

From: https://www.nginx.com/blog/building-your-api-for-longevity-best-practices/

  • The first is HAL, which is a very popular specification. [The IETF draft is JSON Hypertext Application Language.]
  • The second one is JSON‑LD, which is a W3C standard but was really designed for linking definitions between databases. I’d actually avoid using that one.
  • JSON API is a very popular hypermedia format which I highly recommend.
  • Collection+JSON was one of the original ones created by Mike Amundsen. It’s a great specification, but I would still lean towards HAL or JSON API.
  • Siren is actually really interesting in that it went a different direction. Siren has foreign properties, class properties, and entity properties, and it’s action‑driven.
  • Then there’s CPHL. I put the asterisk on because I made it. It’s also action‑driven.

Best practices

https://www.nginx.com/blog/building-your-api-for-longevity-best-practices/

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