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Runtime Resolution with HTTP Metadata

Runtime Resolution with HTTP Metadata

Program client applications to recognize and honor the protocol metadata sent from the server at runtime.

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Mike Amundsen
Sep 02, 2024
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Below is an excerpt from my book "RESTful Web API Patterns and Practices Cookbook" from O'Reilly Media

One of the challenges of creating flexible API clients is dealing with all the details of each HTTP request: which HTTP method to use, what parameters to pass on the URL, what data is sent in request bodies, and how to deal with additional metadata like…

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