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I want to quote http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hyperte... :

> I am getting frustrated by the number of people calling any HTTP-based interface a REST API.

If REST is to mean something useful then it should mean more than following the HTTP protocol.

This stuff from the article is in the HTTP spec:

> People have a tendency to route everything, including non-safe operations, through a GET.

The Http Spec http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-9.1:

> In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and HEAD methods SHOULD NOT have the significance of taking an action other than retrieval. These methods ought to be considered "safe".

I don't think "REST == Good" for all API's. In 2014! I think people who want to tell us about REST should know Fielding said.