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Re:PostgREST: REST API for any Postgres database by abraae on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:12PM (#25171460)
To REST purists, APIs must use HATEOAS to be considered REST.
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Re:PostgREST: REST API for any Postgres database by masklinn on Saturday November 21, 2020 @01:21PM (#25171558)
"HATEOAS" is pretty much the only thing REST contains. "REST API" without HATEOAS has no meaning, it's just a stand-in for "good HTTP citizen" (if even that).
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