When talking about REST, it is worth reading the dissertation of Roy Thomas Fielding. The original paper that describes RESTful web, “Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures” Roy T. Fielding (2000), introduces the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style as a framework for designing scalable, performant, and maintainable networked systems, particularly web services.

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Roy Fielding's original REST dissertation defines strict architectural constraints that most modern APIs claiming to be RESTful don't actually follow. True REST requires HATEOAS (Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State), where clients discover actions through embedded links rather than hardcoded URIs. The article explains Fielding's six rules for REST APIs, clarifies what constitutes a resource, and discusses why most developers opt for simpler RPC-style HTTP APIs instead of implementing full REST principles. The author advocates for pragmatic API design focused on usability rather than strict REST compliance.

Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful

What Does “Driven by Hypertext” Mean?

<p>If it is not simplified then the devs will become more RESTless than now.</p>
