I wonder when the time will come when putting "API version numbers" into URIs will feel as wrong to everyone as using GET unsafely does

Dec 4, 2012 路 11:36 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov That trend bugs me to no end.
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@clemensv The trend of putting them in, or leaving them out? :-)
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@stilkov probably never because versioning an API is a reasonable thing to do.
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@bitworking I know we disagree on this
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@stilkov People use GET unsafely?!
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@jabley Shocking, I know
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov I am not that much into web-accessible API development, but what is the current "best practice" for versioning them?
@johnsheehan Thoughts?
Kelly Sommers @kellabyte
5 Dec 2012
I feel like service contracts are a Directed Acyclic Graph but ppl try to force a version as a global linear sequence. @clemensv @stilkov
Replying to @anaisbetts
@xpaulbettsx @smarx @stilkov @YvesGoeleven That's probably even better because those inherit from each other, don't they?
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@xpaulbettsx @smarx @stilkov @YvesGoeleven In Web Services terms you'd just add resources and wouldn't touch the existing ones in that case
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