Questions tagged [rest]
REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is a simple stateless architecture that generally runs over HTTP. It is an "architectural style" that basically exploits the existing technology and protocols of the Web, including HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and XML. REST is easy to use than the well-known SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) approach.
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Function to conect to Firebase Rest API via Access VBA
This is the application for small school, which will store students' info in Firebase and also retrieve data from Firebase. I am using JSON Parser to parse the data and save the same in Access tables.
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what is the correct way to write an endpoint?
Here is a rather large endpoint that I have written in Python using Flask and SQLAlchemy, I was wondering if there are any tips I could get.
The endpoint takes a post request which contains specific ...
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Using ClientFactory-pattern with Dependency Injection
I initially posted this on Stackoverflow but was recommended to try here instead.
I'm looking for feedback on why the implementation of my
ClientFactory is probably bad, from a Dependency Injection-...
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Extendable REST-Client - follow-up
My previous RestClient wasn't disposing a lot of resources. I've fixed it (hopefully without introducing new issues) and because a few new patterns emerged I did a ...
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Simple RESTful counting API in Golang
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This is a simple (and hopefully) RESTful API in Golang that uses Redis. I have next to no prior experience in Golang and absolutely no prior experience with Redis. The API is a simple ...
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Node.js tool to update Cisco UCCX with CSV data
What this tool does update skills for agents on a Contact Center Cluster (Cisco UCCX). The tool reads a csv file called agents.csv from the current working directory. This file has a list of agents ...
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REST API with flask structure and implementation approach
I recently started writing REST API, I wanted to have a proper structure of project and an approach which is more readable and make more sense interms of organising in a logical order. I took ...
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Scraping website and print them via routers
I've been working on a personal project for a while which simply extracts some information from a website and save them as JSON files. Then I've decided to move those scraping functionalities to the ...
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AWS EC2 metadata fetcher in Python
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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
This seems to be the schema for the instance metadata, though the way they describe it isn't really handy for ...
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Message Save and Search REST server
This is an assignment presented to me. I don't have much experience building servers in Python so any comments would help me improve. The point of the server is to save and retrieve messages in a ...
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REST Web API Claims / Identity 'refresh' per request
I intend to expose a ASP.Net REST API for a project. I would like to use the default ASP.Net Identity system to provide the SQL backend. Users are managed in a different project. For my REST API ...
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REST service API using Python Bottle
I am working on a sample REST service to study testing related aspects using the Python Bottle framework. I read a lot about REST but I do not have a lot of practical experience designing RESTful APIs ...
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ANDROID - Receive and manage markers in Google Maps
Recently, I've received negative feedback of interview's test. They say that they need somebody with higher technical level, the quality of the task was not good enough.
I upload it here, to request ...
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C# Rest Client Benchmarking
I build a C# Rest Client library / framework. I noticed that it seemed to be significantly faster than RestSharp for GET at least. So, I decided to put together some benchmarks comparing it to other ...
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HTTP Delete,Put,Get,Post REQUEST java-ee RESTful services JPA CDI EJB
I am creating introduction app to java ee and APIs of java ee and i want know if my code is ok (like its working but if it could be done better) and what should i avoid in future
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Rest API in a trimmed model
I practiced my Java knowledge in the last couple of days. For that, I want to create a Rest API in a trimmed scale, because there a lot of aspects which must be considered in such an API (Login, ...
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Simple REST Base Web Server with Unit Tests
I am building out a simple web server in Go. My goal is to expand on this framework in a different application I am building.
Here is my github repo
https://github.com/jmacnc/gowebserver
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A XMLHttp Request in the browser
Building on a previous answer and an attempt to write a comprehensive XMLHttpRequest example that covers all kinds of possible errors and return them to caller ...
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Python - Flask Middleware - Request Session Management Strategy
I am trying to determine what the most appropriate strategy for session management and authentication is for a middleware application which acts to receive a request, send it over to a database, and ...
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Simple picture app for storing and viewing
Update: git repo: https://github.com/muhsinali/picture-example-minified
This is my first project that I've written using Scala and the Play framework. It's a simple application that allows the user ...
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JWT - Simple API example
I have created this fake API just because I want to learn how to use JWT. It is a simple unsigned token exchange with two methods call: login and adminPassword.
I've used https://github.com/lcobucci/...
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Copy images using curl to make API calls
I am a junior web developer currently doing my first internship and I had a lot of freedom to solve small problems the way I thought was best. (There aren't really any developers here so I am ...
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Python REST API Data Extraction with requests library
Is there a better way to write this piece of code to extract data from a REST API with the requests library? It currently takes about 10 minutes to finish extracting the data from the REST API. I ...
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mongodb RESTfull api in python using fastapi and mongoengine
So I wrote a a RESTfull api for a mongodb with python3.7, fastapi and mongoengine and id love to get feedback on how I should make my code more readable, clean, and dry.
basically there are 4 main ...
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Anything Wrong with This Method of API Versioning Using Flask?
I'm trying to find a sensible way to structure a REST API written in Flask. I'm new to writing such things and I've not seen this structure used anywhere else, so before I continue I wanted to ask ...
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Ecommerce site shipping data
I have REST API written on laravel and front end on vue.js. It is a dashboard for an ecommerce store where you can connect to post shipment service API to upload order shipment data and get tracking ...
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Web API get data with many optional parameter in .NET Core
I would like to do a refactoring of web API implemented in .NET Core. The Goal is to simplify ...
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Given a resource ID, instantiate, retrieve and localize a Linked Resource for a REST API call
During a question on Stack Overflow, another user had some comments about the way this code works. He had a few choice words for it, including "magic", "ugly contraption", "you're doing things you ...
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Create HttpClient using PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager
I have a java service class which will call a REST service and get response back.
It is working fine in developer environment where less requests are made, but I still wanted to get a review.
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Setting many properties in a PHP class
I'm trying to define parameters for my API. It's a super basic one and the first I've made. I'm trying to instantiate my class and set parameters but to me it seems super messy. Is this really the ...
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RESTful API combining three other APIs
I have created a RESTful API that uses three other APIs with Visual Studio 2017 in .NET Core. It is the first time I have ever programmed in .NET so I am sure the code could use a lot of improvements. ...
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Pagination using Spring MVC and Hibernate
My company develops a Spring web application that exposes a REST API and right now we're starting to look into pagination for the methods that load data from some heavy tables.
We initially looked ...
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Adding support of HTTP PATCH
I have an API endpoint to modify a race car, which supports the PUT method:
PUT /api/racecars/{racecarId}
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REST API design to handle status migrations
I have a requirement to provide an API which would allow to change status of Order. The API is supposed to follow REST principles, so I have designed an endpoint ...
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JavaScript Node/React web developer interview code part 2 RESTful API
I recently applied for a job as a Node/React developer. I'm attempting to cross over from a research position to web development. I didn't get the job but all the feedback I got was that my code was ...
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REST web service to interface with a customer database
In what ways could I improve this? Does it look good? Any security concerns? I am using Jersey, Jackson and JPA. What about the architecture? I basically have ...
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Node.JS HTTP shortcut wrapper
The Node.JS HTTP and HTTPS modules only provide .get shortcut function, unlike AngularJS's $http which provides them all. I went ...
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Web API 2 Controller for third party services for multiple organizations
I'm putting together some RESTful services using ASP.NET Web API. This is the first time I have done this, so I'm looking for general feedback on this controller to make sure I'm not doing anything ...
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Reusable REST service class for Angular2 in TypeScript
I am creating an Angular 2 web application using TypeScript. This application performs REST requests to a REST "service". For each REST resource in my service I create a separate "Service" class in ...
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Mobile app backend using Gin and Gorm ORM
I'm developing backend for my mobile app by using gin-gonic and gorm ORM (mysql). But I'm not sure api and db handle huge amount requests if clients increased. for example I'm using my db struct as ...
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REST proxy in Meteor
I built a simple proxy using Meteor and its Iron Router. It currently fails at passing through other than 200 or 500 status codes, which I guess suffices. Is this ...
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Restful API for parsing records
I'm trying to implement my own API. This code excerpt should show the basic working routines. The storage is temporary an in-memory-array and the only HTTP method for now is POST.
I outsourced the ...
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Get username from active directory if you know active directory Id in SharePoint
I have created JavaScript code using REST API for getting the username of a SharePoint user from an active directory if you know the ID. Please suggest any improvements.
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Making my code shine and pro: Python in Azure Function Retrieveing the Data From Rest API
The code retrieves the data from PBI API - it's my first one and I would like to learn how to make it pro.
Here is the list of my questions:
Can you please analyze 2 functions: GetReports and ...
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Rest API design with Spring Boot
In a recruitment interview I got this small projet to do at home: rest API written in Java using Spring Boot. As I didn't hear back from the company I wanted to have feedback from review.
I am a rest ...
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Timeout middleware in Gin -Golang
This is an implementation of a custom timeout middleware.
I am creating a context with a deadline in my middleware and using it in the rest handlers for timeouts (to wrap the query to DB eventually) ...
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Python Rest API user registration based on FastAPI framework
I have written an API for a dating service. This part is related to user authentification, authorization, login and etc.
It uses FastAPI, which in turn is based on starlette web server.
You may wonder ...
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Basic REST API in Ktor
I have written a basic REST endpoint in Ktor and would like some pointers.
Application.kt
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Trigger sirens on cameras in remote locations
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I'm a complete beginner in web development and I made a sample web application that can trigger sirens on security cameras located in remote locations. Here's the functionality seen ...
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Response structure with populated fields
I am working on a backend for an application using a microservice framework with Sequelize and it is populating in the following way (it does based on the table field):
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