RESTful Web API Patterns and Practices Cookbook

Index

Symbols

• */http media types, Data Is Evidence of Action
• 200 OK HTTP
  • about, Solution
  • example, Return 200 OK when the filter criteria results in an empty collection
• 201 CREATED, Example, Special command approach
• 202 Accepted
  • synchronous reply for incomplete work with, Synchronous Reply for Incomplete Work with 202 Accepted-Discussion
• 300 Multiple Choices, Reactive content negotiation
• 301 Moved Permanently, Solution
• 404 Not Found
  • about, Solution
  • example, Return 404 when the query string points to a resource that does not exist
  • temporarily missing data, Discussion
• 410 Gone, Discussion
• 4xx Bad Request
  • about, Solution
  • example, Return 4xx when the client application has sent an invalid request
• 502 Bad Gateway, Discussion
• 5xx Server Error
  • about, Solution
  • example, Return 5xx when the service cannot fulfill a valid request

A

• a priori design, Hypermedia and “A Priori Design”
• accept-profile request, Solution-Discussion
• action, data as evidence of, Data Is Evidence of Action
• actions, external, Converting Internal Models to External Messages-Discussion
• additional reading, Additional Reading
• Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Licklider’s Aliens
• Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), Establishing a Foundation with Hypermedia Designs
• affordance (term), James J. Gibson
• AI (artificial intelligence), Solution
• alerts, Calling for Help-Discussion
• ALPS (see Application-Level Profile Semantics)
• API client applications (see hypermedia clients)
• API definition formats, API Definition Formats
• APIs.json, SDDs in service ...