[Info-vax] Restful API w/JSON client package or library on OpenVMS

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Mar 13 20:43:35 EDT 2024


On 3/13/2024 6:53 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:34:13 -0500, Richard Jordan wrote:
>> Is VMS Python an option since it looks like Restful API is supported by
>> recent versions of that language on VMS?
> 
> REST is just HTTP under another name.

No.

A RESTful web service will always use HTTP as transport
protocol, but not all web services using HTTP as protocol
are RESTful.

RESTful implies a lot about data model, URL format and
the use of HTTP methods.

Arne




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