Top "Restapi" questions

Use this tag for questions on how to build or use a REST API.

RESTful API required parameters in query string?

When designing a RESTful API, what to do if a GET request only makes sense if there are specific parameters …

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Versioning REST API

After having read a lot of material on REST versioning, I am thinking of versioning the calls instead of the …

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How to use cookies from Chrome in Advanced REST API client

I have such problem: Previously Advanced REST API client was integrated with browser and I could send request to my …

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REST API Server

I often hear or read the term REST API Server. I code with PHP and I have done API's for …

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RESTful APIs when multiple actions on the same URI

So far as I know, four kind of methods are used in RESTful APIs: GET for getting the resource. POST …

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Update a single property in a REST API

In designing a new API, we are doing our best to follow the patterns established by REST. The question I …

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What should a RESTful API POST/DELETE return in the body?

To follow and unfollow a person via a RESTful API, I have POST /person/bob/follow DELETE /person/bob/follow …

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How to design a RESTful API to check for user's credentials?

I'm designing an API for a mobile app, and I hope to keep it RESTful. API's are authorized using Basic …

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What should a developer know before building an API for a community based website?

What things should a developer designing and implementing an API for a community based website know before starting the heavy …

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How should I implement a COUNT verb in my RESTful web service?

I've written a RESTful web service that supports the standard CRUD operations, and that can return a set of objects …

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