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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/20/2024 2:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/17/2024 5:07 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:09:23 +0200, Michael S wrote:
>>> I'd guess that limitation of the damage caused by too imaginative
>>> developers was the main point behind REST.
>>
>> Some of us noticed that REST is just a rebranding of HTTP, and are
>> treating it accordingly.
> 
> REST is a rebranding of HTTP in the same sense that
> SUV's are a rebranding of tires.

Note that there are some slack in definition of RESTful web services.

purist developers : understand the concept and follows all conventions

pragmatic developers : understand the concept and follows conventions
where they think it makes sense and deviate where they think that
makes sense

marketing people & manager : call any web service based on JSON/HTTP
for RESTful no matter how much RPC style it is, because RESTful is
hot

And then we have the jokes. Calling REST a rebranding of HTTP is
not funny, but this one posted to LinkedIn is:

"Why is it called a REST API when it wakes me up at 3 AM to fix it?"

:-)

Arne