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Creating Usable REST APIs

Creating Usable REST APIs

Today’s programmers interact with many HTTP services on a day-to-day basis. Many services claim to have a “RESTful” API, but fail to implement the basic requirements of REST. Twilio’s Kyle Conroy will discuss best practices for API design, and then refactor an existing API to be more RESTful.

Kyle Conroy

March 16, 2012
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  1. Level 0: The Swamp of POX Level 1: Resources Level

    2: HTTP Verbs Level 3: Hypermedia Controls
  2. POX

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