Subbu Allamaraju wrote:
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> This is a variant of what I call as SOAPy REST (http://subbu.
> org/weblogs/ main/2007/ 10/soapy_ rest.html
> <http://subbu.org/weblogs/main/2007/10/soapy_rest.html>
> ). Whoever wrote this API had no idea of why they were providing a
> resource centric interface. Yet another HTTP API!
No, it's even much Much MUCH worse -- it uses GET for non-retrieval actions.
... Amazon does the same thing with their ecommerce api, which this list has criticized long ago. Not that it did any good...I just checked, the latest...
Bob Haugen
bob.haugen@...
Dec 15, 2007 11:15 pm
This is a variant of what I call as SOAPy REST (http://subbu.org/weblogs/main/2007/10/soapy_rest.html ). Whoever wrote this API had no idea of why they were...
... I nominate it for the 2007 Restless awards, in the much contested category of "things that claim to be RESTful but do side effects in their GETs" along...
+1 I just tried to "refactor" this API (http://www.subbu.org/weblogs/main/2007/12/a_restful_versi.html ) to be resource oriented, and it is not that hard. ...
which only proves that doing good REST is as easy as bad REST. The trouble is that the "action-oriented" mindset maps very well into SOAP and not REST. This...
... And the resource mindset maps poorly to SOAP :-) ... Because for any given service it's quite likely to find consumes who will appreciate one and not the...
... We've seen this behavior before with competing, proprietary technology stacks and distributed-object approaches. A vendor was much more likely to get an...
... Yes. The same application I was talking about a couple days ago. There's also a (very limited) SOAP API. It went down something like this: * bizdev: hey,...
... Amazon did well in: == The 2006 'What Now How' Awards for REST Protocols* == with their S3 interface. Shame they've lost their touch and gone STREST**....
Here is another nominee for your 2007 Restless awards. Plaxo.com have their REST reference guide here [1]. I included a few samples, just to whet your...
The good thing is that all these companies are trying to open up their systems with public APIs. However, the REST-branding is unfortunate. It is not just the...
(completing the rant) The good thing is that all these companies are trying to open up their systems with public APIs. However, the REST-branding is...
Has anyone voiced their concerns and suggestions on the Amazon Web Services forums? I spoke with a few of their engineers and project leaders. They are smart...
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