Re:I've been abusing HTTP Status Codes in my APIs for years
by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:27PM
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> it's the REST standard itself.
REST is an architectural style, not a standard.
> It's an overloading of an existing technology, a bit hacky as it is
REST is not tied to a particular technology or protocol, and is not “overloading” whatever protocol(s) it is used with; the architectural style specifies using the subset of the available features of the underlying protocols that corresponds to REST semantics consistent with the specifications of those protocols.
REST is an architectural style, not a standard.
> It's an overloading of an existing technology, a bit hacky as it is
REST is not tied to a particular technology or protocol, and is not “overloading” whatever protocol(s) it is used with; the architectural style specifies using the subset of the available features of the underlying protocols that corresponds to REST semantics consistent with the specifications of those protocols.