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* It does not allow clients to construct [[URL | URLs]] (unless [[URL Templating | instructed by the server to do so]]) to allow for applications to change their URL structure. | * It does not allow clients to construct [[URL | URLs]] (unless [[URL Templating | instructed by the server to do so]]) to allow for applications to change their URL structure. | ||
* Other than an entry URL and a set of documents describing the [[Media Types]], no additional knowledge should be necessary to use the API. | * Other than an entry URL and a set of documents describing the [[Media Types]], no additional knowledge should be necessary to use the API. | ||
* Having a nice URL structure is not essential, people in browsers will be clicking on links instead of typing and source code should only contain the root URL. | |||
HATEOAS APIs usually make heavy use of HTTP features like: | HATEOAS APIs usually make heavy use of HTTP features like: | ||
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| [https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md Microsoft] || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes | | [https://github.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md Microsoft] || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes | ||
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| [https://cloud.google.com/apis/design Google] || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#ffadad"|No || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes || style="background:#caffbf"|Yes | |||
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[[Category: Terminology]] | [[Category: Terminology]] | ||