Wasn't the entire point of calling an API RESTful, that it's explicitly not REST, but only kind of REST-like.
Also, who determined these rules are the definition of RESTful?
Wasn't the entire point of calling an API RESTful, that it's explicitly not REST, but only kind of REST-like.
Also, who determined these rules are the definition of RESTful?
RESTful means that it respects REST constraints. One is an adjective and the other a noun (like "state" and "stateless").
> Also, who determined these rules are the definition of RESTful?
Roy Fielding.