RESTful Web Clients

RESTful Web Clients
Author: Mike Amundsen
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2017-02-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1491921854

Powerful web-based REST and hypermedia-style APIs are becoming more common every day, but instead of applying the same techniques and patterns to hypermedia clients, many developers rely on custom client code. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to move from one-off implementations to general-purpose client apps that are stable, flexible, and reusable. Author Mike Amundsen provides extensive background, easy-to-follow examples, illustrative dialogues, and clear recommendations for building effective hypermedia-based client applications. Along the way, you’ll learn how to harness many of the basic principles that underpin the Web. Convert HTML-only web apps into a JSON API service Overcome the challenges of maintaining plain JSON-style client apps Decouple the output format from the internal object model with the representor pattern Explore client apps built with HAL—Hypertext Application Language Tackle reusable clients with the Request, Parse, Wait Loop (RPW) pattern Learn the pros and cons of building client apps with the Siren content type Deal with API versioning by adopting a change-over-time aesthetic Compare how JSON, HAL, Siren, and Collection+JSON clients handle the Objects/Addresses/Actions Challenge Craft a single client application that can consume multiple services

RESTful Web Services

RESTful Web Services
Author: Leonard Richardson
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2008-12-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596554605

"Every developer working with the Web needs to read this book." -- David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Rails framework "RESTful Web Services finally provides a practical roadmap for constructing services that embrace the Web, instead of trying to route around it." -- Adam Trachtenberg, PHP author and EBay Web Services Evangelist You've built web sites that can be used by humans. But can you also build web sites that are usable by machines? That's where the future lies, and that's what RESTful Web Services shows you how to do. The World Wide Web is the most popular distributed application in history, and Web services and mashups have turned it into a powerful distributed computing platform. But today's web service technologies have lost sight of the simplicity that made the Web successful. They don't work like the Web, and they're missing out on its advantages. This book puts the "Web" back into web services. It shows how you can connect to the programmable web with the technologies you already use every day. The key is REST, the architectural style that drives the Web. This book: Emphasizes the power of basic Web technologies -- the HTTP application protocol, the URI naming standard, and the XML markup language Introduces the Resource-Oriented Architecture (ROA), a common-sense set of rules for designing RESTful web services Shows how a RESTful design is simpler, more versatile, and more scalable than a design based on Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Includes real-world examples of RESTful web services, like Amazon's Simple Storage Service and the Atom Publishing Protocol Discusses web service clients for popular programming languages Shows how to implement RESTful services in three popular frameworks -- Ruby on Rails, Restlet (for Java), and Django (for Python) Focuses on practical issues: how to design and implement RESTful web services and clients This is the first book that applies the REST design philosophy to real web services. It sets down the best practices you need to make your design a success, and the techniques you need to turn your design into working code. You can harness the power of the Web for programmable applications: you just have to work with the Web instead of against it. This book shows you how.

RESTful Web APIs

RESTful Web APIs
Author: Leonard Richardson
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449359736

The popularity of REST in recent years has led to tremendous growth in almost-RESTful APIs that don’t include many of the architecture’s benefits. With this practical guide, you’ll learn what it takes to design usable REST APIs that evolve over time. By focusing on solutions that cross a variety of domains, this book shows you how to create powerful and secure applications, using the tools designed for the world’s most successful distributed computing system: the World Wide Web. You’ll explore the concepts behind REST, learn different strategies for creating hypermedia-based APIs, and then put everything together with a step-by-step guide to designing a RESTful Web API. Examine API design strategies, including the collection pattern and pure hypermedia Understand how hypermedia ties representations together into a coherent API Discover how XMDP and ALPS profile formats can help you meet the Web API "semantic challenge" Learn close to two-dozen standardized hypermedia data formats Apply best practices for using HTTP in API implementations Create Web APIs with the JSON-LD standard and other the Linked Data approaches Understand the CoAP protocol for using REST in embedded systems

RESTful Web Services Cookbook

RESTful Web Services Cookbook
Author: Subbu Allamaraju
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2010-02-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449388841

While the REST design philosophy has captured the imagination of web and enterprise developers alike, using this approach to develop real web services is no picnic. This cookbook includes more than 100 recipes to help you take advantage of REST, HTTP, and the infrastructure of the Web. You'll learn ways to design RESTful web services for client and server applications that meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security goals, no matter what programming language and development framework you use. Each recipe includes one or two problem statements, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for solving them, as well as examples using HTTP requests and responses, and XML, JSON, and Atom snippets. You'll also get implementation guidelines, and a discussion of the pros, cons, and trade-offs that come with each solution. Learn how to design resources to meet various application scenarios Successfully design representations and URIs Implement the hypertext constraint using links and link headers Understand when and how to use Atom and AtomPub Know what and what not to do to support caching Learn how to implement concurrency control Deal with advanced use cases involving copying, merging, transactions, batch processing, and partial updates Secure web services and support OAuth

REST API Design Rulebook

REST API Design Rulebook
Author: Mark Masse
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449310508

The basic rules of REST APIs - "many nouns, few verbs, stick with HTTP" - seem easy, but that simplicity and power require discipline to work smoothly. This brief guide provides next steps for implementing complex projects on simple and extensible foundations.

RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0

RESTful Java with JAX-RS 2.0
Author: Bill Burke
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449361463

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java, using RESTful architectural principles and the JAX-RS 2.0 specification in Java EE 7. By focusing on implementation rather than theory, this hands-on reference demonstrates how easy it is to get started with services based on the REST architecture. With the book’s technical guide, you’ll learn how REST and JAX-RS work and when to use them. The RESTEasy workbook that follows provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running several working JAX-RS examples, using the JBoss RESTEasy implementation of JAX-RS 2.0. Learn JAX-RS 2.0 features, including a client API, server-side asynchronous HTTP, and filters and interceptors Examine the design of a distributed RESTful interface for an e-commerce order entry system Use the JAX-RS Response object to return complex responses to your client (ResponseBuilder) Increase the performance of your services by leveraging HTTP caching protocols Deploy and integrate web services within Java EE7, servlet containers, EJB, Spring, and JPA Learn popular mechanisms to perform authentication on the Web, including client-side SSL and OAuth 2.0

RESTful Java with JAX-RS

RESTful Java with JAX-RS
Author: Bill Burke
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2009-11-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 144938305X

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java using RESTful architectural principals and the JAX-RS specification in Java EE 6. With this hands-on reference, you'll focus on implementation rather than theory, and discover why the RESTful method is far better than technologies like CORBA and SOAP. It's easy to get started with services based on the REST architecture. RESTful Java with JAX-RS includes a technical guide that explains REST and JAX-RS, how they work, and when to use them. With the RESTEasy workbook that follows, you get step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running several working JAX-RS examples using the JBoss RESTEasy implementation of JAX-RS. Work on the design of a distributed RESTful interface, and develop it in Java as a JAX-RS service Dispatch HTTP requests in JAX-RS, and learn how to extract information from them Deploy your web services within Java Enterprise Edition using the Application class, Default Component Model, EJB Integration, Spring Integration, and JPA Discover several options for securing your web services Learn how to implement RESTful design patterns using JAX-RS Write RESTful clients in Java using libraries and frameworks such as java.net.URL, Apache HTTP Client, and RESTEasy Proxy

Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8

Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8
Author: Mario-Leander Reimer
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1789534267

Learn the fundamentals of Java EE 8 APIs to build effective web services Key Features Design modern and stylish web services with Java EE APIs Secure your web services with JSON Web Tokens Explore the advanced concepts of RESTful web services and the JAX-RS API Book Description Java Enterprise Edition is one of the leading application programming platforms for enterprise Java development. With Java EE 8 finally released and the first application servers now available, it is time to take a closer look at how to develop modern and lightweight web services with the latest API additions and improvements. Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8 is a comprehensive guide that will show you how to develop state-of-the-art RESTful web services with the latest Java EE 8 APIs. You will begin with an overview of Java EE 8 and the latest API additions and improvements. You will then delve into the details of implementing synchronous RESTful web services and clients with JAX-RS. Next up, you will learn about the specifics of data binding and content marshalling using the JSON-B 1.0 and JSON-P 1.1 APIs. This book also guides you in leveraging the power of asynchronous APIs on the server and client side, and you will learn to use server-sent events (SSEs) for push communication. The final section covers advanced web service topics such as validation, JWT security, and diagnosability. By the end of this book, you will have implemented several working web services and have a thorough understanding of the Java EE 8 APIs required for lightweight web service development. What you will learn Dive into the latest Java EE 8 APIs relevant for developing web services Use the new JSON-B APIs for easy data binding Understand how JSON-P API can be used for flexible processing Implement synchronous and asynchronous JAX-RS clients Use server-sent events to implement server-side code Secure Java EE 8 web services with JSON Web Tokens Who this book is for If you're a Java developer who wants to learn how to implement web services using the latest Java EE 8 APIs, this book is for you. Though no prior knowledge of Java EE 8 is required, experience with a previous Java EE version will be beneficial.

Java Web Services: Up and Running

Java Web Services: Up and Running
Author: Martin Kalin
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-02-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 059655544X

This example-driven book offers a thorough introduction to Java's APIs for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) and RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS). Java Web Services: Up and Running takes a clear, pragmatic approach to these technologies by providing a mix of architectural overview, complete working code examples, and short yet precise instructions for compiling, deploying, and executing an application. You'll learn how to write web services from scratch and integrate existing services into your Java applications. With Java Web Services: Up and Running, you will: Understand the distinction between SOAP-based and REST-style services Write, deploy, and consume SOAP-based services in core Java Understand the Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) service contract Recognize the structure of a SOAP message Learn how to deliver Java-based RESTful web services and consume commercial RESTful services Know security requirements for SOAP- and REST-based web services Learn how to implement JAX-WS in various application servers Ideal for students as well as experienced programmers, Java Web Services: Up and Running is the concise guide you need to start working with these technologies right away.

Restlet in Action

Restlet in Action
Author: Thierry Templier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1638352224

Summary Restlet in Action gets you started with the Restlet Framework and the REST architecture style. You'll create and deploy applications in record time while learning to use popular RESTful Web APIs effectively. This book looks at the many aspects of web development, on both the server and client side, along with cloud computing, mobile Android devices, and Semantic Web applications. About the Technology In a RESTful architecture any component can act, if needed, as both client and server—this is flexible and powerful, but tricky to implement. The Restlet project is a reference implementation with a Java-based API and everything you need to build servers and web clients that integrate with most web and enterprise technologies. About the Book Restlet in Action introduces the Restlet Framework and RESTful web APIs. You'll see how to easily create and deploy your own web API while learning to consume other web APIs effectively. You'll learn about designing, securing, versioning, documentation, optimizing, and more on both the server and client side, as well as about cloud computing, mobile Android devices, and Semantic Web applications. The book requires a basic knowledge of Java and the web, but no prior exposure to REST or Restlet. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside Written by the creators of Restlet! How to create your own web API How to deploy on cloud and mobile platforms Focus on Android, Google App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, and OSGi technologies Table of Contents PART 1 GETTING STARTED Introducing the Restlet Framework Beginning a Restlet application Deploying a Restlet application PART 2 GETTING READY TO ROLL OUT Producing and consuming Restlet representations Securing a Restlet application Documenting and versioning a Restlet application Enhancing a Restlet application with recipes and best practices PART 3 FURTHER USE POSSIBILITIES Using Restlet with cloud platforms Using Restlet in browsers and mobile devices Embracing hypermedia and the Semantic Web The future of Restlet