Implementing Domain-Driven Design

Key Aspects of a RESTful HTTP Server

So what are the key aspects of a distribution architecture that uses “RESTful HTTP”? Let’s look at the server side first. Note that it’s entirely irrelevant whether we are talking about a server that’s used by a human using a Web browser (a “Web application”) or used by some other agent, such as a client written in your programming language of choice (a “Web service”).

First of all, as the name implies, resources are a key concept. How so? As a system designer, you decide what are the meaningful “things” that you want to expose as accessible from the outside, and you assign each a distinct identity. In general, each resource has one URI, and more importantly, each URI should point to one resource—the “things” ...