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WalkthroughThe HATEOAS glossary entry was extensively revised to enhance clarity, structure, and depth. Updates include reworked sections on key principles, best practices, challenges, and examples, with added authoritative resources and improved FAQs. The document now presents a more comprehensive, modern, and practical overview of HATEOAS in API development. Changes
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apps/www/content/glossary/hateoas.mdx (5)
2-4: Ensure Title and Heading Consistency
Thetitle,description, andh1are quite marketing-heavy and should align with the glossary’s tone and theslug. Confirm they’re concise, match each other, and follow SEO guidelines.
8-15: Refine Takeaways Section for Clarity
The updates totldr,didYouKnow, andusageInAPIs.descriptionare informative but a bit verbose. Consider tightening phrasing and standardizing tag casing (e.g., all lowercase or title case) to improve readability.
17-19: Maintain Parallelism in Best Practices
Your three bullets start with different verbs (Include,Ensure,Use). For consistency, pick one style and tense—either all imperatives (e.g., “Include…”, “Evolve…”, “Enhance…”) or noun phrases.
74-86: Consolidate Advantages and Best Practices
“Decoupling” appears in both the advantages list and later best practices. Consider merging overlapping points to reduce redundancy and keep the narrative concise.
88-95: Improve Code Example Completeness
The TypeScript snippet is useful but omitsRequestin the imports. Addimport { Request } from 'express';(or adjust to match your framework) and ensure the fence is labeled for MDX syntax highlighting (```typescript).
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[style] ~62-~62: Consider a different adjective to strengthen your wording.
Context: ...irectly in the response messages. For a deeper understanding, consider exploring a **H...
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[uncategorized] ~70-~70: Possible missing comma found.
Context: ...sages**: Responses contain not only data but also hypermedia controls (like links an...
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[style] ~76-~76: This phrase is redundant. Consider writing “evolve”.
Context: ...tages: - Evolvability: Servers can evolve over time without impacting clients, as long as t...
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54-62: Approve Introduction and Comparison Sections
The new intro and the “HATEOAS vs. Traditional REST” section are clear, well-structured, and effectively highlight the benefits of hypermedia over static documentation.
64-70: Approve Core Principles Section
The “Core Principles” heading and list accurately capture HATEOAS constraints; the formatting and terminology are spot on.
108-120: Approve Challenges Section
The new “Challenges” section succinctly outlines complexity, client requirements, and performance trade-offs. It adds practical balance to the piece.
| - question: What is HATEOAS in API? | ||
| answer: HATEOAS, an acronym for Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State, is a principle of RESTful API design. It implies that an API should guide the client through the application by providing relevant information within the responses. This information, usually in the form of hypermedia links, allows the client to navigate through the API without requiring prior knowledge of its structure or future state transitions. This approach enhances the discoverability and self-descriptiveness of the API. | ||
| - question: How to develop an API using Spring Boot? | ||
| answer: Developing a REST API using Spring Boot involves several steps. First, set up your development environment with necessary tools like Java Development Kit (JDK) and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse. Then, create a new Spring Boot project using Spring Initializr or your IDE's project creation wizard. Add necessary dependencies such as Spring Web, Spring Data JPA, and a database connector like MySQL in your build configuration file (Maven's pom.xml or Gradle's build.gradle). Configure your database connection details in the application.properties file. Create an entity class to represent your data model and a repository interface to handle database operations. Finally, create a controller class to define your API endpoints and their corresponding operations. | ||
| - question: Who is using HATEOAS? | ||
| answer: HATEOAS is used by many organizations that implement RESTful APIs, particularly those using the Spring HATEOAS library in their Java-based applications. Some of these companies include TechOpps Inc., Innovatio Tech, and Evo Technologies. The use of HATEOAS allows these companies to provide more self-descriptive and navigable APIs to their clients. |
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Align FAQ with HATEOAS Focus
The question on “How to develop an API using Spring Boot?” is generic and not HATEOAS-specific. Either update to “How to implement HATEOAS in Spring Boot?” or remove it and add a question that directly addresses hypermedia integration.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In apps/www/content/glossary/hateoas.mdx around lines 44 to 49, the FAQ includes
a generic question about developing an API with Spring Boot that is not specific
to HATEOAS. To fix this, either update the question to focus on implementing
HATEOAS in Spring Boot or remove it entirely and replace it with a question that
directly addresses how to integrate hypermedia or HATEOAS concepts in Spring
Boot APIs.
| - url: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8977.txt | ||
| title: "RFC 8977: Sorting and Paging for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)" | ||
| - url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20335967/how-useful-important-is-rest-hateoas-maturity-level-3 | ||
| title: "Stack Overflow: How useful/important is REST HATEOAS (Maturity Level 3)?" | ||
| - url: https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html | ||
| title: "OWASP: REST Security Cheat Sheet" | ||
| - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS | ||
| title: "Wikipedia: HATEOAS" |
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Incorrect Recommended RFC Resource
Referencing RFC 8977 (RDAP) is unrelated to HATEOAS. Replace it with a more relevant spec (for example, RFC 5988 for Web Linking or RFC 8288) to avoid confusing readers.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
In apps/www/content/glossary/hateoas.mdx between lines 28 and 35, the current
reference to RFC 8977 is unrelated to HATEOAS and may confuse readers. Replace
the URL and title for RFC 8977 with a more relevant RFC such as RFC 5988 or RFC
8288, which cover Web Linking, to provide accurate and pertinent resource
information about HATEOAS.
This PR adds or updates the HATEOAS.mdx file in the API documentation.
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