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    The hypertext constraint

    Sean Gillies

    2008-10-20 00:00

    Roy Fielding:

    There are probably other rules that I am forgetting, but the above are the rules related to the hypertext constraint that are most often violated within so-called REST APIs. Please try to adhere to them or choose some other buzzword for your API.

    A must read for all "REST API" designers.

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