Ask HN: OData is REST – but would you use it?2 points·by NicoJuicy·12 anni fa·3 commentsI'm going to create a public API and i love OData for using (querying data, ...). Everything is build in.But off course, odata is supported by Microsoft. And i'm curious if this would be appreciated when creating a public API?It is RESTfull, but it's also a protocol on it.You can find some examples here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh169248(v=nav.71).aspxBut i'm actually curious if any of you would appreciate/use such an API?If it's not appreciated, i'll just go with REST, but it seems to me that more can be done with OData...3 commentsPost comment[+][deleted]·12 anni fa[–]NicoJuicy·12 anni fareplyOData by example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh169248(v=nav.71).a...[–]duvander·12 anni fareplyDo you need to choose either/or?[–]NicoJuicy·12 anni fareplyI'm curious what people - who are not using .Net - think about odata.I'm actually letting the responses here influence my api, mostly because i don't know how familiar people are with odata.
But off course, odata is supported by Microsoft. And i'm curious if this would be appreciated when creating a public API?
It is RESTfull, but it's also a protocol on it.
You can find some examples here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh169248(v=nav.71).aspx
But i'm actually curious if any of you would appreciate/use such an API?
If it's not appreciated, i'll just go with REST, but it seems to me that more can be done with OData...