IRC log for #rest, 2015-07-15

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17:37	pokEarl	So I am making a rest API which gets stuff from mongoDB, doing it in Java. Is there any reason why its not good to add data to the objects after the data has been pulled from the database? (say like the href's)?
17:38	pdurbin	pokEarl: nope. go for it
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17:39	whartung	sounds good to me
17:43	pokEarl	When people pull stuff from Json they generally state what fields they are pulling to where right, and additional fields just get ignored right? so it's not like this will cause other people to have to do extra work of removing the href fields if they are doing something where that doesn't belong?
17:44	whartung	typically it's lazy like that.
17:45	whartung	cheap "duck typing"
17:49	fumanchu	that's a great way to make an evolvable system. just be really clear with your clients that they must ignore any json members they don't understand
17:50	fumanchu	most programmers in my experience will default to choking on members they don't expect (strange but true)
17:51	whartung	yea, it depends on whether they are "pushing everything" from the payload, vs "pulling what they know" from it.
18:01	pokEarl	Well it is going to be used internally so I guess communicating how to use it should be ok. ( Any reason making a REST api for interntal use is not a good idea? =p ?) Basically it is to have a layer between the different databases, a web dashboard, and some other systems. Sort of feel like most of what I see about rest API's is for people giving the public access to their api
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18:16	fumanchu	an internal REST API can be a great way to align various parts of an enterprise on a common data standard
18:16	fumanchu	(and control shared-DB efficiency in one place)
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