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A comment on Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what makes an API RESTful?.

Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by ossm1db on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:00AM (#15096445)
According to the person that invented the term "REST", APIs must be hypermedia driven. It goes without saying his definition should outweigh anyone else's. http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hyperte...

Anyone that says CRUD or lists HTTP verbs is simply wrong. The term is often abused, and I find that rather disappointing.

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Re:Ask HN: Should a back end Engineer be able to answer what... by CodingChef on Friday August 25, 2017 @02:48AM (#15096644)
Your disappointment is absolutely legitimate. I feel like this term has then be abused a lot, in many write ups as well. I guess from me too. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll make sure to use a different approach in the future that can lead to a better conversation with the interviewee.
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