On Jun 28, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Michael Gapczynski wrote: > There is no standard for a RESTful web API, but this does meet the general > expectations. Not all REST APIs that I've encountered require you to > communicate using XML, but some just use POST parameters. I think POST > parameters are always easier than generating XML. Then again, I'm not quite > sure what an 'exported' API is.
If you use POST parameters for any other purpose than creating new objects, you cannot really call it a RESTful web api :) XML is certainly also not a requirement, but you should send over the entire entity you're replacing with PUT, or the entire entity you're creating with POST. Developing a true REST api is definitely something you should look at though. It's more up-front work, but it forces you to design the API really well, which may result a much higher longevity. Evert _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
