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Imran Rashid commented on SPARK-23236:
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bq. 1. /api and /api/v1 to give the same results (a redirect) as 
/api/v1/applications
bq. Based on that I'm on the fence about #1, it may be ok, but I'm not sure if 
it's best. 

actually, I want them to be a very simple html page, with just a single link.  
I don't think they should be a redirect, as I dont' think they should appear to 
actually be part of the api.  The html page could even have a little disclaimer 
"Are you looking for the rest api?  There is no endpoint here in this version, 
maybe you want ..."

bq. 2. You want /api/v1/applications/{app-id} to include a list of rest api end 
points

bq. As for #2 I'm not sure how you're envisioning it, but it seems like a bad 
idea in mu head. 

So to be clear, really I just want a little help with my super lazy, forgetful 
side, which can't remember the exact endpoint off the top of my head.  There 
are many variations which would satisfy this.  The entire UI could *just* 
provide a link to /api/v1/applications/{app-id} ... but thats a little weird 
since there actually isn't anything there.  That's why I was suggesting putting 
something there, even if its just another simple html page, "Nothing here, 
maybe you want ...".  We could go even simpler -- have every page in the UI 
have a link to some random app-specific endpoint in the UI, eg. 
/api/v1/applications/{app-id}/jobs .  It would be a little weird if you're on 
the stage page in the UI, and you follow a link for the REST api, and it takes 
you to the jobs data ... but it would at least make it easier to get the base 
URL right.

I also don't really care if /api/v1/applications/{app-id} actually lists every 
endpoint below that.  I think its totally fine if I need to remember the 
choices below that -- that is actually the important part of the choice I need 
to make.  I want something to fill in the rest of the automatic stuff for me.

bq. 3. You want UI pages to include links to the rest api calls that they get 
their info from
bq. And for #3, I would be ok with this, but again I'm not sure how its useful.

yeah this is the least important, but perhaps you can see where I'm going from 
this after #2, it just feels like a natural extension.  Certainly not worth a 
huge amount of effort.

> Make it easier to find the rest API, especially in local mode
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>
>                 Key: SPARK-23236
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-23236
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Web UI
>    Affects Versions: 2.3.0
>            Reporter: Imran Rashid
>            Priority: Trivial
>              Labels: newbie
>
> This is really minor, but it always takes me a little bit to figure out how 
> to get from the UI to the rest api.  Its especially a pain in local-mode, 
> where you need the app-id, though in general I don't know the app-id, so have 
> to either look in logs or go to another endpoint first in the ui just to find 
> the app-id.  While it wouldn't really help anybody accessing the endpoints 
> programmatically, we could make it easier for someone doing exploration via 
> their browser.
> Some things which could be improved:
> * /api/v1 just provides a link to "/api/v1/applications"
> * /api provides a link to "/api/v1/applications"
> * /api/v1/applications/[app-id] gives a list of links for the other endpoints
> * on the UI, there is a link to at least /api/v1/applications/[app-id] -- 
> better still if each UI page links to the corresponding endpoint, eg. the all 
> jobs page would link to /api/v1/applications/[app-id]/jobs



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