What I am suggesting is using full http with json is superior to rest. For your session id based puts, how are you accumulating errors? Or are you? On Feb 14, 2013 3:26 PM, "David Barbour" <dmbarb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:01 PM, John Carlson <yottz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> PUTs, DELETEs require an id in the api, correct? Are you referring to >> collection identifiers? I'm talking about uploading multiple JSON objects >> to the server which can be done with http or REST, but http is preferred, >> because there is a single round trip. And yes, there's JSON coming back >> too (error messages). >> > > By 'http' do you mean 'POST'? > > As far as REST goes, I prefer use of GET, PUT, and the more long-lived > variations thereof - publish and subscribe. One can PUT to a session-id > that happens to support collections of values. (I'm not fond of POST, > mostly because it isn't idempotent and is thus difficult to safely use in a > disruption-tolerant manner.) > > > >> On Feb 14, 2013 2:45 PM, "Miles Fidelman" <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> >> wrote: >> >>> John Carlson wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 14, 2013 12:52 PM, "Miles Fidelman" >>>> <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net<mailto: >>>> mfidelman@**meetinghouse.net <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Well, at least in principle, drop an html file in a directory (behind >>>> a server) and it gets served (or drop it in a WebDAV folder). >>>> >>>> That sounds like the web circa 1993. >>>> Again, you have to configure all the hyperlinks inside those files. >>>> >>>> > Again, that's why REST has largely won out over things like W3C web >>>> services. >>>> >>>> REST largely sucks because multiple objects require multiple round >>>> trips, which is why JSON is beating both the above. >>>> >>>> >>> Ummm... JSON is a data format, REST is an API/Protocol layering >>> architecture. I know a lot of RESTful interfaces that return JSON payloads >>> (CouchDB comes to mind). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. >>> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> fonc mailing list >>> fonc@vpri.org >>> http://vpri.org/mailman/**listinfo/fonc<http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> fonc@vpri.org >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> >> > > > -- > bringing s-words to a pen fight > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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