API responses should be signed

Re:API responses should be signed by edent on Monday January 20, 2020 @02:34AM (#22097084)

That's a fair criticism. What is the correct word for "this request always generates an identical response"?

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Re:API responses should be signed by matharmin on Monday January 20, 2020 @02:36AM (#22097094)

Immutable

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Re:API responses should be signed by DarkWiiPlayer on Monday January 20, 2020 @08:05AM (#22098500)

Immuteble describes data, whereas an API call is more like a function call, in which case we'd call the property "referential transparency", which means, a function always returns the same result for a given input value.

"referential transparency" makes up half the definition of a "pure" function, with the other half being the absence of side effects.

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Re:API responses should be signed by edent on Monday January 20, 2020 @02:42AM (#22097117)

Aha! Yes. Thanks. I'll update the blog post.

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Re:API responses should be signed by opifex on Monday January 20, 2020 @06:46PM (#22103039)

Deterministic

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Re:API responses should be signed by marton78 on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:33AM (#22097339)

Pure

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Re:API responses should be signed by DarkWiiPlayer on Monday January 20, 2020 @08:07AM (#22098513)

Pure also means no side effects, which isn't, strictly speaking, what OP means :)

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