[Arcaire]

The idea is to limit exposed routes to the standard CRUD routes: create (/new), read (/show), update (/edit), delete (/destroy).

[nardi]

Ugh, no. The idea is to use standard HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) with noun routes, like:

    Create: POST /resources (or PUT /resources/42)  
    Read: GET /resources/42  
    Update: PUT /resources/42 (or PATCH /resources/42)  
    Delete: DELETE /resources/42
    List/Search: GET /resources

[aikah]

I thought the idea was to make an API behave like a webpage by using hyperlinks that represents the state of the application, so in theory a "smart" client could navigate an API autonomously like a human interacts with a web page ? Because otherwise it's no different from RPC.

[anthonybullard]

I think you are thinking of HATEOAS. Read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HATEOAS?wprov=sfla1