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IRC log for #rest, 2014-12-09

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07:07 Topic for #rest is now #rest REpresentational State Transfer | logs: http://irclog.greptilian.com/rest/today |  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss | http://code.google.com/p/implementing-rest/ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer
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11:55 Topic for #rest is now #rest REpresentational State Transfer | logs: http://irclog.greptilian.com/rest/today |  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss | http://code.google.com/p/implementing-rest/ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer
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15:18 znn what are the benefits of adhering to HATEOS in API design?
15:20 znn HATEOAS
15:20 trygvis I think that is outlined in the thesis
15:21 znn "The HATEOAS constraint decouples client and server in a way that allows the server functionality to evolve independently."
15:22 znn trygvis: would you mind linking or tell me the author's name?
15:22 znn https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/fielding_dissertation.pdf ?
15:22 trygvis yep
15:32 znn https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm
15:33 znn i don't see any mention of immutability
15:33 znn why would immutability be important to an API?
15:34 znn i might be wrong, but i think of immutability in an API as the versioning of it
15:34 znn but maybe immutability is the URI schema
15:34 znn i remember someone mentioning that immutability can speed up an API
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15:35 znn i guess they are referring to caching here, but i don't understand what immutability in an API really is
15:37 znn the hateoas wiki article is helpful
15:38 znn "Now only one link is available: to deposit more money. In its current state, the other links are not available. Hence the term Engine of Application State. What actions are possible vary as the state of the resource varies"
15:38 znn without the example, i would have been lost
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15:41 znn i finally feel a little more comfortable with these terms after just reading the abstract of his paper
15:42 znn hateoas is a constraint in his design of REST
15:42 znn the questions around immutability still stand though
15:43 znn i.e.
15:43 znn (sorry for all of this)
15:43 znn what is immutability in an API?
15:49 trygvis it usually means that the data doesn't change. it is hard to give a more specific answer to a vauge question
15:49 trygvis vague
15:50 znn trygvis: i understand what immutability is in the context of languages, but this is the first time i've heard someone mention it in regards to APIs, maybe i should have just asked him what he was talking about there on the spot
15:53 trygvis yeah, I think you should have :)
15:53 trygvis but if he said caching at the same time I would guess it means you can cache the data forever and never check if they're stale
15:57 znn "if by "API" you mean "web service", then the most likely meaning is that an immutable call does not alter the observable state of the thing you're querying
15:57 znn "
15:58 znn i.e. get / post
15:59 znn get vs post
15:59 znn i don't know how that implies caching at all
16:02 trygvis well, you don't have to get it twice. if you've gotten the data once you can store it and reuse it instead of having to fetch it again before using it
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16:45 fumanchu_ the most efficient network request is the one you never have to make at all
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