Users request to print reports that are generated on the server side. These reports are sent back as PDF files. There is no need to open these files before printing them. I am using asp.net mvc 5 with js/jq. NOTE…
I'm currently migrating functionalities from an old HTTP API to a new HTTP API. Several endpoints of the api expect objects with nullable boolean values as a JSON object in the requestbody. Modelcode: public class StatusRequest { public bool? Status…
I have a POST endpoint that creates an instance on the database once the user creates an account, the rows are filled with information like day of the week, date, user_id, etc. @api_view(['POST']) def generate_focus_instance_v2(request): try: user_id_from_request = request.data['user'] if…
I wonder what are the best practices that the community have about the architecture of Laravel's Resources. I started using it to avoid sending unnecessary data to certain routes of the API. I structured it the way my API routes…
Which one is best for Rest API response ? In here I return some meta information with actual data. Although I am not sure they need to use those meta information or not. { "version": "1.0.0", "isError": false, "statusCode": 200,…
How would a company like Facebook or Snapchat implement rate limiting on their tracking pixel? I imagine that they must have rate limiting on the pixel route since it's a public API that anyone can call and could lead to…
The Setup We’re building a PWA (progressive web app). The main components are the app shell (SPA) and the API. The REST API will supply the data needed for the app, while the SPA will handle the rest (as per…
I have this question in my mind for a day, I tried to do some reading from RESTful Web Services Cookbook and other stackoverflow posts, but still did not get a convincing answer to this question: Assuming I have a…
Let's say there is a SINGLE mobile application which receives various types of notifications (like WhatsApp notifications, Facebook Messenger notifications ,etc). What would be a better REST API structure for this? /users/[email protected]/notifications //Gives all the notifications There is a confusion…
We're developing a REST API for our platform. Let's say we have organisations and projects, and projects belong to organisations. After reading this answer, I would be inclined to use numerical ID's in the URL, so that some of the…