Hi, I don't know what to do with this thread.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2008, Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote: > >>>> - a search >>> >>> I tend to prefer expressing searches with query parameters… hm. >> >> I understand that what you propose is '/cd?year=1968', is that right? >> I really don't know - but some people would prefer to do the search by >> POST, or might just like to have the uri as '/cd/search?year=1968'. > > Why would anyone care about GET vs POST? I guarantee most users don't care. > > If you mean they want to use a form, that has nothing to do with the method. > Forms can submit GET requests. It might need to be a POST if you need to download a file as one of the search arguments (for example for searching for a similar picture). > > The URI you propose could be RESTful, if you think of "search" as a noun, > maybe short for "search results". > OK - what I was argumenting about is that sometimes it is convenient to have an URI like that. The other part of the argument is that if you have an uri '/cd/search' - then you should not use '/cd/1' to retrieve the CD object - because then you mix data with commands (id with actions). >>> Example? I can't quite imagine what you would want to do here. >> >> Hmm - how about a help screen - conveniently at '/cd/help'? > > Again, could be RESTful. > Great. I am only argumenting that sometimes you need such an uri - see above. > One part of REST is that URIs contain nouns, period. The type of nouns, the > path hierarchy, all that is irrelevant, the key is that the URI never > contains a verb like "submit" or "edit". Note that "edit_form" is a noun, > and is perfectly RESTful, and _necessary_ if you plan to have browsers > interact with a set of RESTful URIs. As above. -- Zbigniew Lukasiak http://brudnopis.blogspot.com/
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