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== Example == | == Example == | ||
Let's say we want to tell a custom client for this wiki where it can find a page with a given title. We can do this by sending the following [[link header]]: | Let's say we want to tell a custom client for this wiki where it can find a page with a given title. We can do this by sending the following [[Link Header | link header]]: | ||
Link: <https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/index.php?title={title}>; rel=search; templated=true | Link: <https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/index.php?title={title}>; rel="search"; templated="true" | ||
In our [[Media Types | media type documentation]] we then tell the client that they have fill in the ''title'' variable and can do a GET on the resulting page. If we later decide to use pretty urls we can simply change the server to return the following link header: | In our [[Media Types | media type documentation]] we then tell the client that they have fill in the ''title'' variable and can do a GET on the resulting page. If we later decide to use pretty urls we can simply change the server to return the following link header: | ||
Link: <https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/{title}>; rel=search; templated=true | Link: <https://docs.delftsolutions.nl/{title}>; rel="search"; templated="true" | ||
Clients will then automatically use the new URL structure without needing an update. | Clients will then automatically use the new URL structure without needing an update. | ||
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== RFC == | == RFC == | ||
More information about URL templating can be found in [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570 RFC 6570]. | More information about URL templating can be found in [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570 RFC 6570]. | ||
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