Post #2863543
2026-05-13 06:58 UTC
@emmy@transfem.social you have a much better memory than me ^^; (also that article is 403 for me now which is kinda funny)
i think like, the common understanding of it as using http verbs and status codes semantically as actions on http paths is kinda useful tho.. maybe rest is a bad term, but idk if there's a better one..
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@tynstar@nerdculture.de 2026-05-13 17:12
@ww@xyzzy.link @emmy@transfem.social Personally, I found "RESTful API" to be good enough, even though it's only slightly better than "REST API": To readers who don't know that a _true_ REST API is not possible, both terms mean the same, so you don't need to introduce an entirely new term. But some readers who know that could interpret "RESTful API" as a subtle clue that the writer knows this, as well, but doesn't want to elaborate.