Zinc-REST

> There were some people asking about Zinc-REST. I took some time to improve the package (by moving some private code into it) and documented it by adding a couple of examples and unit tests.
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> Load the group 'REST' using the latest ConfigurationOfZincHTTPComponents (NeoJSON will be loaded as a dependency).
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> There are two examples:
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> (1)
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> ZnExampleSumRestCall handles REST requests for /sum
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> For a GET request, it accepts numbers as path elements or as a query parameter.
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> GET /sum/1/2/3
> GET /sum?numbers=1,2,3
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> For a POST requests, it accepts a text/plain entity containing numbers.
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> POST /sum '1,2,3'
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> (2)
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> ZnExampleStorageRestServerDelegate offers a REST interface on /storage/objects with CRUD operations on JSON maps.
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> GET /storage/objects
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> list all stored maps as a list of object-uris
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> GET /storage/objects?key1=value1&key2=value2
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> as above with conjunctive condition specified
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> POST /storage/objects <MAP>
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> store a new map, returns the created object-uri
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> GET /storage/object/<id>
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> return the map stored under id
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> DELETE /storage/object/<id>
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> delete the map stored under id
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> PUT /storage/object/<id> <MAP>
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> overwrite the map stored under id with MAP
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> Both examples are tested by matching unit tests.
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> There is no further independent textual documentation, you'll need to know what REST style interfaces are and know about Zinc HTTP Components.
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> Compared to Seaside-REST this solution is simpler (no Seaside dependency), a bit less declarative (no pragmas), closer to the mechanics of HTTP, not linked to automagic conversions (Magritte). But this is code that I use in production.
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> Sven
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> Sven Van Caekenberghe
> http://stfx.eu
> Smalltalk is the Red Pill
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