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By bloid
via roy.gbiv.com
Published: Oct 21 2008 / 10:15

REST APIs must be hypertext-driven
I am getting frustrated by the number of people calling any HTTP-based interface a REST API. Today’s example is the SocialSite REST API. That is RPC. It screams RPC. There is so much coupling on display that it should be given an X rating.
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