REST: Retrieving resources

Retrieving resources is probably the simplest REST API operation. It is implemented by sending a GET request to an appropriate…

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Introduction to Hypermedia REST APIs

Introduction When browsing the web we typically navigate from one site to another by following Hyperlinks. Those links make the…

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RESTful API Design

There are five principal aspects to a RESTful API specification that must be considered prior to coding an API specification.…

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REST: Managing One-To-Many relations

In a previous post we looked at many-to-many relations. This time we will see how to model one-to-many relations in…

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RESTful services with HATEOAS: Hypermedia, Optional Or Not?

1. Introduction In this last, conclusive part of the tutorial we are going to compile our thoughts, what we have…

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REST: Creating resources

Resource creation is a common REST API operation. In this post we will see how single resource can be created.…

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RESTful services with HATEOAS: REST APIs and Hypermedia on JVM

1. Introduction So far we have spent a fair amount of time talking about the role of the hypermedia and…

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REST: Managing Many-To-Many relations

Introduction Managing relations between multiple resources can be an essential part of an RESTful API. In this post we will…

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REST / Using feeds to publish events

Dealing with events When working with multiple decoupled services (e.g. in a micro service architecture) it is very likely that…

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