[development] Drupal 6, Services 3, a RESTful API

[Carl Wiedemann]

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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Blake Senftner <bsenftner at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm seeking information to help me design a RESTful API using D6 & Services
> 3.0.
>
> I ask you, members of this list, because my attempts to find this
> information is not bearing results. My searches find infinite descriptions
> of REST with comparisons against XML-RPC, SOAP & water, and Ren & Stimpy,
> plus I'm finding lots of code examples in every language under the sun...
> but nothing as of yet that is a walk through of creating a resource that is
> exposed via a REST interface that is anything more than a single, flat
> resource. (It's like only being able to find "hello world" when looking for
> a code example.)
>
> What I am seeking is a community of developers discussing REST
> architectures, so I can figure out the correct mapping of my functions and
> features into a REST resource. Being that I am working with Services 3.0, I
> don't need to care a lot about the code implementation details - just the
> architecture of how my functionality maps into a RESTful interface.
>
> I have a hierarchical object I'd like to expose via REST: a "project
> object" that is a hierarchical container for 5 different types of digital
> assets, each asset has a collection of attributes, and a single project can
> have any number of these assets, with taxonomy tagging used to define asset
> groups.
>
> (Within the originating D6 WebApp: each Project, each of the 5 different
> asset types, and the final "compiled object" tracking data (discussed next)
> are all Drupal Nodes, totaling 7 content types. The hierarchical nature of a
> Project, as in only projects have the ability to create the assets that a
> project manages, is enforced by code in my custom modules.)
>
> I also have a "compiler object" that also needs to be exposed via REST;
> this object is able to "consume" project assets and produce a new project
> asset. This "compiler object" is a real physical machine that consumes
> digital data from a project and produces physical objects, which are then
> tracked by the originating project.
>
> So, I am seeking information and guidance for creating a RESTful interface
> to a complex, hierarchical data resource, and a significantly less complex
> physical object.
>
> I'm somewhat confused by a RESTful interface to a physical object, because
> within a CRUD pattern, one can't "Create" the object (but one can turn it
> on), one can't "Delete" it (but one can turn it off)...
>
> Does anyone know of any online groups where discussions along these lines
> are talking place, or have already and the discussions are archived?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> -Blake
> bsenftner at earthlink.net
> www.BlakeSenftner.com
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