On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:47 PM, michael mccune <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
> hi all, > > there have been a few reviews recently where the issue of service type > versus project name have come up for use in the headers. as usual this > conversation can get quite murky as there are several good examples where > service type alone is not sufficient (for example if a service exposes > several api controllers), and as has been pointed out project name can also > be problematic (for example projects can change name). > > i'm curious if we could come to a consensus regarding the use of service > type *or* project name for headers. i propose leaving the ultimate decision > up to the projects involved to choose the most appropriate identifier for > their custom headers. > > i am not convinced that we would ever need to have a standard on how these > names are chosen for the header values, or if we would even need to have > header names that could be deduced. for me, it would be much better for the > projects use an identifier that makes sense to them, *and* for each project > to have good api documentation. > > so, instead of using examples where we have header names like > "OpenStack-Some-[SERVICE_TYPE]-Header", maybe we should suggest > "OpenStack-Some-[SERVICE_TYPE or PROJECT_NAME]-Header" as our guideline. > > for reference, here are the current reviews that are circling around this > issue: > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/243429 > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/273158 > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/243414 > > and one that has already been merged: > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/196918 > > thoughts? > > Why does the service type or name need to be in the header at all? The request goes to a specific service so the server and client already know the service type or name. - Brant regards, > mike > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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