I'm actually more and more convinced REST API's are bad. RPC is the way to go. Function calls are what we do so why not be consistent?
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E.g. store.users('bob').delete() and GET api.<domain>.com/users/bob/delete translates well I reckon
People generally prefer SDKs and I think for good reason: they reflect how we reason about stuff. The whole REST thing feels like a dogma
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You should interact with an old SOAP API, and feel how wonderful it is :)
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yeah but then that's like saying tire fires were worse 10 years ago because tires were made of asbestos. How bout no fires
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There are big public HTTP APIs that 200 only, RPC-style. Fine for XHR with 100% dynamic data, absolutely nothing to cache.
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they're good if you have really public API, but hey, you're most likely don't. And how about GraphQL?
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