[katello-devel] oddities on api routes

[Ivan Nečas]

On 04/26/2012 11:01 PM, Justin Sherrill wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I was glancing at some of the api routes and was curious about some of 
> them.  It appears that routes for a number of resources are split 
> between two different types of urls.  For examples for providers:
>
> :index =>  /api/organizations/:organization_id/providers   (PUT)
> :create =>  /api/providers/     (POST)
> :show =>  /api/providers/:provider_id    (GET)
> :update => /api/providers/:provider_id   (PUT)
>
> etc....
>
> :index isn't the only action that requires an org_id as part of the 
> request (create does as well).  I've noticed that a few more resources 
> do this as well (systems, tasks, activation_keys, gpg_keys)
>
> Shouldn't all routes for a resource be located at the same url?
This is surely on of the thing we need to clean a bit. We agreed on that 
before we start reworking and clearing the API we should document the 
current state so that the changes will be easier to track. I'm working 
on it right now.

It's definitely good time to discuss the API conventions we should use.

-- Ivan
> -Justin
>
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Regards,

  Ivan Necas
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