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by icebraining 5470 days ago
An URL is just a name. /network/girl_talk is just as valid as /uwef9. HATEOAS means that clients shouldn't know a-priori of any URL except for the entry point.

In the search case, I think your coworker is wrong, since that would mean you have to construct URLs by 'hand', which violates HATEOAS. GET or POST parameters should be used to avoid that.