> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Pipes [mailto:jaypi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 4:29 AM > To: openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Kilo Cycle Goals Exercise > > > 3. Another long-term topic is standardizing our APIs so that we use > > consistent terminology and formatting (I think we have at least 3 forms > > of errors returned now?). I’m not sure we have anyone ready to drive > > this, yet, so I don’t think it’s something to consider for Kilo. > > +10 > > Frankly, I believe this should be our #1 priority from a cross-project > perspective. > > The inconsistencies in the current APIs (even within the same project's > APIs!) is just poor form and since our REST APIs are the very first > impression that we give to the outside developer community, it really is > incumbent on us to make sure they are explicit, free of side-effects, > well-documented, consistent, easy-to-use, and hide implementation > details thoroughly.
+1 The REST API consistency is important for whole OpenStack projects, The list for it in my mind is that * API URL/Attribute naming * HTTP status code on success * Behavior against wrong input (HTTP status code, message in a response) It is difficult to apply them to all projects, but it would be worth for improving the quality from the viewpoint of the outside world. Thanks Ken'ichi Ohmichi _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
