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Thursday October 08, 2009

11:43 PM

Perl@Work#1 - RESTful URLs, the path info, and code paths

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Hi Folks

Well, no word from Perlsphere, so here's the first in the series:

Perl@Work#1: http://savage.net.au/Perl-at-work/html/restful.urls.html

I've written 420 lines (incl blanks) on the second article, but there's a way to go yet...

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barely RESTful (Score:1)

by daxim (8218)
Samples:

/person/add
Use class CGI::Office::Contacts::Controller::Person, and call method add.

/organization_notes/delete/99
Use class CGI::Office::Contacts::Controller::Organization::Notes, and call method delete, with an object id of 99.
This is service trampled REST, very much still in the vein of old web services.
Also, you haven't written about HTTP methods at all, which are the central piece. URLs denote things, therefore are just nouns, and the resources themselves are well-defined well-adopte
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  by Ron Savage (5224)
  
  Hi daxim
  Well, I didn't claim to know everything :-).
  And what does 'trampled' mean in this context?
  Cheers
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by daxim (8218)
    
    'lo Ron, let me google that for you.
    http://duncan-cragg.org/blog/post/strest-service-trampled-rest-will-break-web-20 / [duncan-cragg.org]
    I see you put a disclaimer on the article. Won't discuss HTTP methods? — I hope those delete actions and other state changes are only available through POST.

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