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REST API and Beyond
Company blog · blog.restcase.comprogrammingweb
REST API and Beyond is the company blog at blog.restcase.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers linked a post on REST API design, mainly the 4 maturity levels of REST APIs. The linking comment is a bare link, and the other comment is about error logging and does not mention the blog.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Architecture, Programming, Ideas and Thoughts about microservices, APIs, cloud technologies and more.
What Hacker News says?
these levels? https://blog.restcase.com/4-maturity-levels-of-rest-api-desi...
Comment linking /4-maturity-levels-of-rest-api-design/
on “Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful”Submitted Rules for REST API URI Design as a story · 85 points
HN discussionIt’s important to distinguish between validation and exception. If a client passes in bad value you can handle:, out of range, not found db item etc, return an appropriate 400 with details about the error that the client can do something with. Handle it gracefully if you can without throwing exception. If it’s something impossible to handle - say a db failure after n retries- then return a 500 with some info but not…
Comment linking /rest-api-error-handling-problem-details-response/
on “Ask HN: Should I log errors, throw errors or both?”Submitted The World of REST APIs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Internal vs. External APIs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Documentation Driven API Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Top 5 REST API Security Guidelines as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An API-First Development Approach as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Need for REST APIs and API Development Management as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5 Basic REST API Design Guidelines as a story · 1 points
HN discussion