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REST Information Sources
Chapter 2
Additional Resources
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In each REST call, you provide the input parameters in the request URL; the parameters are part of
the HTTP request. The response contains the requested data in XML format. This contrasts with
other Web service architectures, such as those that use SOAP, in which clients submit data to the
service as an XML document.
Unlike other eBay APIs, the REST API uses HTTP (instead of HTTPS). This is because unlike other
eBay APIs, the REST API is used to access only publicly-accessible data.
REST Information Sources
The following contain additional information on the REST architecture:
REST Discussion Mailing List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/
Roy Thomas Fielding’s PhD Dissertation
http://www1.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top
“Building Web Services the REST Way”
http://www.xfront.com/REST-Web-Services.html
“REST Architectural Style” wiki page
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RestArchitecturalStyle
“RESTWiki”
http://rest.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FrontPage
eBay API Documentation
The eBay API documentation is available on the eBay Developers Program Web site.
eBay Developers Program Web site
http://developer.ebay.com
