Solr has a HTTP/JSON-based API. However, it isn’t exactly a REST API because it doesn’t really follow any of the rules for a well-defined REST interface. I whine about this sometimes.

REST in practice: RESTful APIs These days, the most common approach to REST doesn’t work the way it was originally conceived. Instead, developers typically use an HTTP API and JSON to provide ...

Example 1: A JSON response to a GET request for a band resources. Example 2 describes the same source as Example 1, but does not provide all the details that describe a band member according to the ...

In a previous article about important RESTful principles and how to create a beautiful RESTful API, I used the example of a web service that kept track of an ongoing, global score for an online ...