RESTful Web Services by Leonard Richardson & Sam Ruby

Author:Leonard Richardson & Sam Ruby [Leonard Richardson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: COMPUTERS / Systems Architecture / General
ISBN: 9780596158354
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 2008-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

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[23] There will always be client-side code for translating the needs of the user into web service operations. The only exception is in a web browser, where the user is right there, guiding the client through every step.

Chapter 8. REST and ROA Best Practices

By now you should have a good idea of how to build resource-oriented, RESTful web services. This chapter is a pause to gather in one place the most important ideas so far, and to fill in some of the gaps in my coverage.

The gaps exist because the theoretical chapters have focused on basics, and the practical chapters have worked with specific services. I’ve implemented conditional HTTP GET but I haven’t explained it. I’ve implemented HTTP Basic authentication and a client for Amazon’s custom authentication mechanism, but I haven’t compared them to other kinds of HTTP authentication, and I’ve glossed over the problem of authenticating a client to its own user.

The first part of this chapter is a recap of the main ideas of REST and the ROA. The second part describes the ideas I haven’t already covered. I talk about specific features of HTTP and tough cases in resource design. In Chapter 9 I discuss the building blocks of services: specific technologies and patterns that have been used to make successful web services. Taken together, this chapter and the next form a practical reference for RESTful web services. You can consult them as needed when making technology or design decisions.

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