On 2016-10-06 10:30:30 -0500 (-0500), Kevin L. Mitchell wrote: [...] > Problem with that is that ':' is a valid character within an ISO date, > though I do like the 'between' prefix. Now, '/' can be used if it's URL > encoded, but I agree that that is non-ideal. How about a syntax > something like: > > > ?finished_at=between:ISO_DATE_A@ISO_DATE_B&finished_at=between:ISO_DATE_C@ISO_DATE_D
I'll admit I'm not up on the intricacies of URL expectations for APIs, but why not just use a comma? That's not an unusual meaning for it as punctuation (at least in English), and has the property that it's not overloading a typical field separator within either 8601 or HTTP encodings. (Now I've fulfilled my bikeshed quota for the month.) -- Jeremy Stanley __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
