For anyone else investigating this here's a collection of reading: http://delicious.com/danny_t/flex+REST
It's not clear-cut by any means but I think you really need a better understanding of what's going on on the server-side (does it accept POST for each request, does it allow x-http-method-override etc). 2009/9/3 Richard Rodseth <[email protected]> > > > The other issue is error responses. In the apps I work on we have specific > XML or JSON result formats for application errors, which means the Flex app > must handle those responses differently. If the service is using HTTP header > error responses instead I believe the Flex app can't see them, though I > forget the details. > > I assume you've seen this thread: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/153420/is-it-feasible-to-create-a-rest-client-with-flex > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:52 AM, claudiu ursica <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> If your Rest API is exposing XML you won't be needing any additional >> libs... the HTTPService class will do just fine ... >> >> C >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Haykel BEN JEMIA <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:45:11 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Flex and REST >> >> >> >> Anyone tried one of these libs? >> >> http://code. google.com/ >> p/as3httpclient/<http://code.google.com/p/as3httpclient/> >> http://code. google.com/ p/as3httpclientl >> ib/<http://code.google.com/p/as3httpclientlib/> >> >> They seem to support all required http verbs. >> >> Haykel Ben Jemia >> >> Allmas >> Web & RIA Development >> http://www.allmas-tn.com >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM, DannyT <danmo...@googlemail >> .com<[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Can anyone give me the definitive answer to whether you can build REST >>> based apps with Flex? There seems to be an incredible amount of FUD about >>> the topic and whilst I appreciate it might not be supported in it's purest >>> form I need to know what is involved in supporting a full REST >>> implementation. >>> >>> I have no experience with REST but we're in the position that a client is >>> going to implement a RESTful service for us to build a Flex application >>> against. If it will 'just work' then great, if not I need to educate them as >>> to any considerations/ workarounds necesscary on the service side of things. >>> >>> Can anyone offer any advice? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dan >>> >>> -- >>> http://danny-t.co.uk >>> >> >> >> > > -- http://danny-t.co.uk
