Ask HN: Why don't people just stick to something universal for APIs?
Am I the only one that gets annoyed by varying methods used to contact API servers (XML-RPC, SOAP, REST...), not to mention that the output is usually in XML or JSON?
What's wrong with having RESTful APIs, have all the API examples/demos use cURL (I've yet to find a case where a cURL lacks a function for HTTP[s] requests) and finally have all the output in JSON?
Now this might be an unpopular opinion so feel free to shower me in downvotes.
What's wrong with having RESTful APIs, have all the API examples/demos use cURL (I've yet to find a case where a cURL lacks a function for HTTP[s] requests) and finally have all the output in JSON?
Now this might be an unpopular opinion so feel free to shower me in downvotes.