Re: Hydra compared with JSON API, other specifications

Hi Paul,

I compared Hydra to other approaches in general a bit here:

http://vanthome.github.io/rest-api-essay-presentation/rest_apis.html#28

BG, Thomas

On 01/04/2016 01:14 PM, Paul Mackay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m iterating on a couple of API projects and have been reviewing the 
> status of current API specification projects. JSON API 
> (http://www.cerebris.com/blog/2015/06/04/jsonapi-1-0/) reached v1.0 
> earlier this year and is more comprehensive than HAL (see 
> http://jsonapi.org/faq/). I suspect Hydra could be even more flexible 
> and comprehensive in terms of defining an API. However within the JSON 
> API community that spec is being promoted as an anti-bikeshedding tool 
> (avoid lots of debate about small issues) and yet getting to 1.0 
> involved a lot of bikeshedding!
>
> Has there been any comparisons between JSON API and Hydra, and what is 
> behind the design choices of Hydra? I suppose a similar FAQ for Hydra 
> along the lines of why it goes beyond other API framework 
> specifications would be great :)
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
>
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