2014
2012
hurl.it makes HTTP requests - Twilio Labs
by srcmax
Hurl makes HTTP requests.
Enter a URL, set some headers, view the response, then share it with others.
Perfect for demoing and debugging APIs.
2010
Why there is no servlets in Play
by nhoizey
"I think that the fundamental problem is that using the servlet API is the only way you can plug with the HTTP layer of a JEE server. Perhaps the java ecosystem needs something like Rack. I mean, a real low level and portable API to deal with HTTP. Not an half assed HTTP API built on some flawed architectural principles."
2009
2008
InfoQ: Hypermedia in RESTful applications
by nhoizey
Flickr's current approach of requiring that clients possess Flickr-specific knowledge in order to progress from one application state to another, is simply another way of saying that they have a proprietary application model. Not only is it proprietary th
2007
XML.com: Atom Authentication
by pyros & 4 others
eader for the actual authentication credentials, and recreates the steps Bob took in order to verify that Bob knows his passwor
Paul Downey :: Web APIs Are Just Web Sites
by greut
Warning, you're about to see Naked Protocol Headers.
2006
Libwww - the W3C Sample Code Library
by bcpbcp (via)
Libwww is a highly modular, general-purpose client side Web API written in C for Unix and Windows (Win32). It's well suited for both small and large applications, like browser/editors, robots, batch tools, etc. Pluggable modules provided with libwww include complete HTTP/1.1 (with caching, pipelining, PUT, POST, Digest Authentication, deflate, etc), MySQL logging, FTP, HTML/4, XML (expat), RDF (SiRPAC), WebDAV, and much more. The purpose of libwww is to serve as a testbed for protocol experiments.
2005
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