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Putting pieces together
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Hi, I'm a bit new to APIs and backends. So I try to learn a lot where I can gather some info. For now, I discovered there are a lot of BaaS, or actors like Apigee (Apiary.io for example) for APIs. At the time being, the line between APIs services like Apigee and BaaS like StackMob or Parse is a bit blur.... more »
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An Even More Compact JSON-Based Hypermedia Representation
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Hey all, I'm currently working on the design of an API for National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org) and after a few weeks of research, we've decided to prototype a lightweight hypermedia API as a proof of concept using HAL as the media type. What appeals to us most about HAL is how it facilitates... more »
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Entities as Domain objects
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Hi, I would like to know is it a good practice to expose the database entities as domain models? Kalyan
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API Request Throtteling - Central or federated?
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Hi guys,
I was looking into ways to protect our services from exaggerated load by "runaway clients". Keep in mind that this is for in-house services.
My idea is to basically use different kinds of information to establish the origin of the caller.
Call this the "extraction" part of my system.
Then I have to relate this call to all other calls in a certain time box. This means I have to store a history of calls per origin caller.... more »
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API design for MyeBay, want to build it simple yet generic.
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Hi, I am in the process of writing RESTFul services that will power all containers on the MyeBay Dashboard(U'll know what this is if u're an eBay Buyer/Seller). These containers are something every ecommerce site will have in some form. To be specific they are basically container "Item", the most granular entity any ecommerce domain can have. The containers... more »
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Hypermedia design to navigate a hierarchy
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Hola, Once you take out the domain stuff, the API that I am designing is based on a hierarchical data model. The links needed to navigate the model could be as simple as: - root node [item] - parent [item] - sibling nodes [collection] The client/server context is browser based. After consulting (the... more »
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API Facade Pattern - Technology for Building a Facade
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I really enjoyed the series on API Facade Pattern and some of it reminds me of SOA concepts from Erl like the Legacy Wrapper Pattern. My question is with regards to that Facade or Mediation Layer and is there a recommended solution or technology for this Facade? With a SOA/WS* background, I have obviously used an ESB for this type of... more »
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Embedded files in an api response
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hello some api returns files in the response. some vendors choose to have an url than points to an external file, and some others choose to embed the file in binary directly in the response. I am wondering how the api developpers choose one way or the other. Lets take an example, for imagery maps, esri... more »
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Passing facebook access token from client to server
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Hi all and thank you for the initiative for this open community! I m new to REST APIs and I am currently working on a backend that will be mostly used by mobile apps, trying to keep in mind best practices and apply them when possible. In my API, I use facebook authentication like this: clients are responsible... more »
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"<" character in json response
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Hi, Few api providers (google, facebook etc) replaces "<" character in json response with its unicode characters. Can anyone explain the reason behind. Thanks Bala
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