... Yes. ... Yes. ... When transferring state to the server (POST, PUT) data is often sent as name/value pairs (encoded per the application/x-www-urlencoded...
... The content returned depends on what the request expects and has asked for. For example, if you run across a document with an <img src="..."> tag, the ...
I wrote an article on REST that includes details on a Java implementation. It focuses primarily on using REST to build distributed applications that are not ...
The more articles explaining REST the better! Thanks for taking the time to do this. "Overview - The main ideas behind REST are [...]" The Overview only...
What do people think of Amazon's "REST" interface to their beta Simple Queue Services [1]? The idea of the service -- a generic 4k/4k-byte/item queue -- is...
... The idea of the service -- a generic ... Yes, the idea is very nice (and might actually be a good business model some day, given the provider can establish...
... Duh...I just realized that even the subscription ID is part of the URI! I cannot even send you the ID of my queue without sending you my ID. Jan...
I think it's perhaps fair to say that they got the general document oriented, asynch queue bit more or less right, but botched the mapping to the Web. I don't...
... It is bad if the REST concept gets usurped and becomes meaningless to a lot of people (i.e. those who are not on rest-discuss). cf. XML, which is supposed...
... I think that's the big problem, here. What Amazon is publishing here -- albeit in beta form -- it seems like a nice and simple interface to a useful...
... So, we should develop a counter example to give people a chance to compare. I think REST WS desparately need live examples. That's how people learn. I'll...
... Yeah ... you're right. Attached is a simple python script [depending on twisted] implementing most of a /queue web service. Specifically: GET / [overall...
... And because the yahoo groups web interface drops attachments... http://asynchronous.org/blog/archives/2004/11/09/a_fitful_rest.html ...jsled -- ...
... That's what I was thinking too. For this specific example - a queue - I was thinking a simple servlet with filesystem storage for messages would be super...
Yeah, I saw that API and wasn't too pleased either. http://korrespondence.blogspot.com/2004/11/amazon-simple-queue-dequeue-operation.html There's a slight 'not...
... I think this is the only tricky one. I imagine a client would like to 'guarantee' that only one consumer processes a message. I was thinking of conditional...
Hi All, I'm starting the process of designing XML over HTTP service that is used to find "things" that exist in the real world. Those things might be named...
Hi, I'm rather new to rest and like its simple but powerful nature. I was wondering if it's possible to make the following kind of app restful, such as: ...
... Well, "GET" is probably redundant, there ... What about: GET /map ... They paramaterize the map being returned ... so they probably stay as-is, eh? ... ...
... I agree that the Web Map Service URL structure is a bit cumbersome, and not as RESTful as it could be, but it is a standard. If you wish to retain the...
... Thinking as I type, a GetMap request is composed of a standardised set of name/value pairs. Some of those of name value pairs have discrete values, and...
... Using query parameters is a convenience and does not change any 'RESTfulness' of an application. I wish there were more dimensions to our analyses than...
Hi Joseph, ... I don't believe there is any constraint in REST that says you cannot use heaps of name/value pairs in URLs. There may however be practical...
Hi Mike, ... Agreed, but I'm new to discussing REST and wasn't sure how to better express myself. ... Sure, but I guess I'm just uncomfortable putting real...
