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HATEOAS: An Alternative Explaination
In this essay, Carson Gross explores HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State), explaining how it enables REST APIs through hypermedia responses and contrasting it with modern JSON-based APIs. Using clear HTML examples, Carson demonstrates how HATEOAS allows clients to discover available actions…
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Web & FrontendSoftware Engineering2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | HATEOAS: An Alternative Explaination by recursivedoubts | 143 | 105 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | HATEOAS: Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State by carride | 87 | 92 |
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Linked from 32 Hacker News comments by 10 different people, from Dec 2021 to May 2026.
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