JSON HTTP API about mycorrhiza HOT 9 CLOSED

not sure why would anyone prefer simple REST APIs.

Because it is

simple

as you may generate the output without any dependencies, and it would work.

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I'd propose using /api or /json base route and /<api/json>/about instead of /mycorrhiza, though.

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as you may generate the output without any dependencies, and it would work.

What do you mean "without dependencies"? What dependencies do you need to make a single POST request?

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Stop butthurting, please. At least we have a kind of common ground that we should change existing JSON API to utilize encoding/json. Sure, it is nearly standard, so why not.

The point which started the discussion is usage of more complex API, like GraphQL. My opinion is that plain JSON API complies the project's philosophy of sm0lness, nothing more, nothing less.

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To be honest, GraphQL is much more robust and efficient. Not sure why would anyone prefer simple REST APIs.

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What do you mean "without dependencies"?

I literally mean that Mycorrhiza generates JSON output from a template file. Cheap, easy, just working.

What dependencies do you need to make a single POST request?

If you don't need to provide JSON data as an input, it's nothing above we already have. If you do need, encoding/json is out-of-the-box, AFAIK. GraphQL, on the other hand, does require at least graphql-go, if not more.

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I literally mean that Mycorrhiza generates JSON output from a template file. Cheap, easy, just working.

What the fuck why would you use templates for generating JSON responses, encoding/json is already used everywhere and GraphQL responses are encoded as JSON too

If you don't need to provide JSON data as an input, it's nothing above we already have. If you do need, encoding/json is out-of-the-box, AFAIK. GraphQL, on the other hand, does require at least graphql-go, if not more.

That's, like, an encoding library every proper language has?

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Just to note, I've dropped both -json URLs some time ago

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Unclear. Maybe add something about Betula and ActivityPub. There's no real issue yet, so closing for now.

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