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technoSpino
technoSpino

Reputation: 510

Random RESTful Resource

I am trying to design my URLs so that I can get only one random resource of said type. What is the best route in going about this, query params?

/fruits/orange?search=random

Upvotes: 1

Views: 700

Answers (2)

ig0774
ig0774

Reputation: 41287

Since there's no formal definition for REST URL designs, any answer to this is going to be quintessentially subjective. However, I tend to think that it's more consistent with RESTful URL patterns to server a random resource via a URL like this: /fruits/orange/random (especially as I can't think of a query parameter key name that makes sense to use). However, in keeping with the whole idea of REST it would seem best that /fruits/orange/random redirects the user to a specific entity, e.g., /fruits/orange/4129.

Upvotes: 2

technoSpino
technoSpino

Reputation: 510

I decided to go with my query param idea for it is a variable in a an algoroithm. Random does not identify the resource at all so I do not want to map uris for it.

Also this will allow me to abstract my search algorithm for all resources with some AOP.

Upvotes: 0

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