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Re: Link relation types for non-GET links

Klaus Hartke <hartke@tzi.org> Thu, 13 August 2015 12:03 UTC

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From: Klaus Hartke <hartke@tzi.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:03:09 +0200
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Subject: Re: Link relation types for non-GET links
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Mike Amundsen wrote:
> the IANA reg'd values "edit" and "edit-media" support unsafe (non-GET)
> actions and are documented in RFC5023[1].

So, is that the preferred way of doing things? Would it make sense to
register a bunch of generic non-GET link relation types, like
"create", "execute", "update", "delete"?

It seems the syntax for links in RFC5988 and HAL needs to be extended
for non-GET links to include a description of the representation that
the service accepts when following the link (e.g., accepted media type
and/or a set of form fields).

How does a spider distinguish between safe links and unsafe non-GET links?

Klaus

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