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It kinds goes without saying (or so I thought) that "opts for REST" means as a starting point.  It is, after all, just a guide.

Here's code that will do a search request using HTTP POST.  Sweet.

Bloglines has announced new web services that they offer. Unfortunately, they tried to attach themselves to the term REST without really understanding it. I am encouraged that the term, and the idea of alternatives to SOAP, are gaining traction,...

Roy Fielding:

• REST is an architectural style -- it does not dictate protocol syntax.
• There's no basis for "everything must use GET" in Web architecture.
• there is a trade-off between GET and POST that usually involves the size of the parameter content.

Perhaps queries SHOULD use GET.  But GET MUST be idempotent.

The key to understanding REST is to use URIs to identify resources.

It's not when you GET your messages, it's when you actually take the time to read them that's interesting. That's...... [more]

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And yet, at every opportunity (in a presentation you've given at least twice), you blast Amazon for using POST + a redirect on their search form.  Whatever.  We've been down this road.  We know exactly where it ends.  Yawn.

Don't get me wrong; "what's the difference... a blank line" is damned catchy, in a "Swift Boat Veterans For SOAP" kind of way.  But you were a lot more interesting when you were fixing bugs.

I don't blast Amazon for using POST.  I simply point out that people who express a moral outrage on some uses of POST and hold up Amazon as a shining example of REST are being somewhat... selective.

In any case, providing entertainment for Mark Pilgrim is not high on my list of priorities.  Perhaps you might prefer some cat pictures.

La nueva API de Bloglines se hace pública, decidiéndose por REST. La implementación no está exenta de traciciones a lo que se supone es REST, ya que se supone que, un método que funcione vía GET no modificará nada...

RESTAGRA is a new medicine for the treatment of API dysfunction (RAD). RESTAGRA can make your web services idempotent for up to 4 hours. (365 words)...

Yesterday's big news was FeedDemon's integration with Bloglines. Today's big news is that FeedDemon now offers integration with NewsGator Online Services (NGOS) as well. Some FeedDemon users may recognize NewsGator as the company that makes an RSS...

Selective, Sam?  You mean I'm not allowed to describe one thing that Amazon does that is RESTful unless everything else is too?  Interesting ...

I like it when people screw up. Especially when they screw up in public and there is a flurry of commentary. When people publicly screw up, it suddenly dawns on me, "damn, I probably would have fucked that up, too."...... [more]

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Nelson Minar : Bloglines - is it REST? - Sam Ruby points out that GETs shouldn't be state transforming....

Is there a Web Services Architecture? For some definition of REST Vacant Space RESTagra......

I've been reading a lot of REST vs SOAP falderall lately and it's getting tiresome. Well, some of it is interesting, like looking at whether Bloglines is REST. Anyway, I thought I'd point out the cowman and the farmer can be friends, at least when...

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Here's some other articles and blog postings on the Bloglines API, in case you're interested in what other folk are up to: Dare Obasanjo — Thoughts on the Bloglines Sync API: These limitations don't make using the Bloglines Sync...... [more]

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Tim Ewald has a post entitled My 3 Web Services Stacks where he writes The point Chris was making was that you created a COM class, your choice of data type determined who could use your component. In other words, your choice affected how far your...

David Kirkpatrick - Google: Going Beyond the Web - FORTUNE interview with Mayer from Google Diary for Uraeus why should Adobe care about Linux as a platform? because it can lose them audiences, and important ones Vacant Space del.icio.us and...

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Like the  StarTrek episode where a planet of bichromatic beings find some other absurd differences to justify their prejudices and hatred, the debate between SOAP and Rest rages on.  The central issue often boils down to whether or not query parameters... [more]

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This morning I saw a post by Tim Bray entitled Another Loyal Oppositionist where he pointed to a post by James Governor stating that Microsoft is ignoring the demand for toolkits that support plain old XML over HTTP and instead focusing on...

This morning I saw a post by Tim Bray entitled Another Loyal Oppositionist where he pointed to a post by James Governor stating that Microsoft is ignoring the demand for toolkits that support plain old XML over HTTP and instead focusing on...

I’ve been doing some research into REST and web services. Here’s some links I found helpful. Paul Prescod: Common REST Mistakes (Date unknown) Sam Ruby: Shades of Grey (Sept 2002) Sam Ruby: Vacant Space (Sep 2004) Mark Pilgrim: RESTagra (Sep 2004)...