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REST (Representational State Transfer) is a style of software architecture for distributed hypermedia systems such as the World Wide Web.

RESTful API without ID in the URL

I have been discussing the best way of doing this with one of my colleagues Here's an example scenario: I'm …

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How to structure REST resource hierarchy?

I'm new to server side web development and recently I've been reading a lot about implementing RESTful API's. One aspect …

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Exposing RESTful endpoints for a one to many relationships

Consider the following relationship between two resources College has many Faculties Faculty belong to a College Obviously a Faculty is …

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HTTP POST response Location header when creating multiple resources

The HTTP/1.1 standard states that if a POST operation results in the creation of a resource, then the response should …

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Do I violate RESTfulness when using POST as UPDATE OR CREATE

Given the requirement other departments have for our REST API they would like to use POST not just for CREATE …

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HTTP status code when single request asks for too large resource or too many of them

Does somebody know which HTTP status code is the right one for the following situation? An anonymous client can request …

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How to secure a REST api between a single page app and a server?

I have 2 servers in place, one is responsible for the front-end application and the user authentication. This server is rendering …

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REST API URI for resource with multiple primary keys

I am developing a generic REST API for my projects and I'm wondering what to do when I have a …

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