In Kohana 3 Is it possible to use Controller_REST and Controller_Template together?
Right now I'm using Controller_Template would like to have RESTful URLs though, is it possible to use both the controllers together somehow? Thanks. ...
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Problem with making a simple JS XmlHttpRequest call
Edit: Maybe I made the question more complex than it should. My questions is this: How do you make API calls to a server from JS. I have to create a very simple client that makes GET and POST calls to our server and parses the returned XML. I am writing this in JavaScript, problem is I don't know how to program in JS (started to look in...
REST, caching, and authorizing with multiple user roles
We have a multi-tenant system with multiple different levels of access--sometimes even for the same user as they switch between multiple roles. We're beginning a discussion on moving over to a RESTful implementation of things. I'm just starting to get my feet wet with the whole REST thing. So how do I go about limiting access to the c...
REST/JSON: Should I include a newline after the JSON string?
If I'm returning ["foo"] from a RESTful web query, Which of these is more proper? Will pedantic REST parsing die on the newline? ["foo"]\n (with newline, Content-Length=8) ["foo"] (no newline, Content-Length=7) For easy regression testing I like the form with the newline, but I want to make sure I won't be breaking any appl...
RESTful web services - best way to return result of an operation?
I am designing a RESTful API and I would like to know what the most RESTful way is to return details about an operation. E.g. an operation on a resource occurs when some data is POSTed to a URL. HTTP status codes will indicate either success or failure for the operation. But apart from success/failure I need to indicate some other info ...
Why does the WCF 3.5 REST Starter Kit do this?
I am setting up a REST endpoint that looks like the following: [WebInvoke(Method = "POST", UriTemplate = "?format=json", BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.WrappedRequest, ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)] and [WebInvoke(Method = "DELETE", UriTemplate = "?token={token}&format=json", ResponseFormat = WebMessageFormat.Json)] The ...
Securing a REST API
I am in the middle of developing a PHP social media web application which will be supported by various web services each operating a REST API. Web services will probably be implemented in Java with MySQL data layer but the whole point of what I am trying to do is make it really easy to implement modules in different languages/data stores...
flex support for REST methods
does the latest sdk now support RESTful methods like PUT and DELETE using their HTTPService? thanks ...
Should a given URI in a RESTful architecture always return the same response?
This is kind of a follow-up question to this one. So is having a unique response for any given URI a core tenant of RESTful architecture? A lot of discussion here tends that direction, but I haven't seen it anywhere as a "hard and fast" rule. I understand the value of it (for caching, crawling, passing links, etc), but I also see thin...
Is is bad practice to put a period in a URI path?
I am designing a REST API for a web application. I want to clearly version the API so that the interface can be changed in future without breaking existing services. So in my v1.0 API I want to clearly identify it as the v1.0 API, leaving me the freedom to release a future v1.1 version with breaking changes. My question is, would a peri...
How do I create a Spring 3 + Tiles 2 webapp using REST-ful URLs?
I'm having a heck of a time resolving URLs with Spring 3.0 MVC. I'm just building a HelloWorld to try out how to build a RESTful webapp in Spring, nothing theoretically complicated. All of the examples I've been able to find are based on configurations that pay attention to file extensions ("*.htm" or "*.do"), include an artificial dir...
Ruby on Rails: how to get error messages from a child resource displayed?
I'm having a difficult time understanding how to get Rails to show an explicit error message for a child resource that is failing validation when I render an XML template. Hypothetically, I have the following classes: class School < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :students validates_associated :students def self.add_student(ba...
List of Endpoints or URIs for a WCF client test-drive
I am aware of the Amazon.com exposed URIs ... which I need to sign up for and then on I can utilize them ....... roll-up my sleeves ..... and get some WCF Client test-drive coding. What are the other such publicly exposed end points that reflect real or almost real-time services? Any offerings specifically from Microsoft? I am bas...
How to expose a function that takes two input files as a REST resource?
I need to expose a function, let's say compute that takes two input files: a plan file and a system file. The compute function uses to system file to see whether the plan in the plan file can be executed or not. It produces an output file containing the result of this check including recommendations for the plan. I need to expose this f...
wsimport and Android or any other ProxyGenerator for android?
I am currently developing an Android app i previously developed for IPhone. My Backend is built using WCF service with basichttpEndpoint, i also enabled RESTful methods for better support with other Mobile platforms as well. Now i want to access my existing WCF service(SOAP/REST endpoint) on Android but i need some good ProxyGenerator ...
RESTful API: How to model 'request new password'?
I am designing a RESTful API for a booking application and was quite happy to see I could map all details of the application to the 4 HTTP methods. /users - GET, POST /users/({id}|myself) - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE /users/({id}|myself)/bookings - GET, POST /users/({id}|myself)/bookings/{id} - GET, POST, PUT, DELETE Example: Updating my ...
Ruby on Rails: having two xmlbuilder templates per action , one for errors one for regular output
What's the best way to handle having two templates (or should it be one, DRY?) for xml builder templates? I'm building a web api with Rails and wanted to see an example of how to have a view that does regular output vs one that does error output. I've been using @obj.to_xml for a while, but my requirements have changed and require me bu...
Ruby on Rails bizarre behavior with ActiveRecord error handling
Can anyone explain why this happens? mybox:$ ruby script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.5) >> foo = Foo.new => #<Foo id: nil, customer_id: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil> >> bar = Bar.new => #<Bar id: nil, bundle_id: nil, alias: nil, real: nil, active: true, list_type: 0, body_record_active: false, created_at:...
Simple application to aggregate information from multiple web services in fullscreen
Whats the easiest way to build a simple 'web' application which is a single page, that just refreshes itself (using AJAX or something) to display continuously changing data hosted on various different servers on the internet? I want to interface with (for example) Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Google Calendar, and any number of other servic...
What to do when you need more verbs in REST
There is another similar question to mine, but the discussion veered away from the problem I'm encounting. Say I have a system that deals with expense reports (ER). You can create and edit them, add attachments, and approve/reject them. An expense report might look like this: GET /er/1 => {"title": "Trip to NY", "totalcost": "400 USD...