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		jaapz 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most RESTful APIs aren't really 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?

Pooge 5 months ago [–]

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.

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