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[-] BB_C@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Weak use-case.
Wrong solution (IMHO).

If one must use a header for this, how Zapier or Clearbit do it, as mentioned in appendix A.2, is the way to go.

Bloating HTTP and its implementations for REST-specific use-cases shouldn't be generally accepted.

[-] lysdexic@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

Bloating HTTP and its implementations for REST-specific use-cases

I have no idea what are you talking about. Setting a request/response header is not bloating HTTP. That's like claiming that setting a field in a response body is bloating JSON.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago

Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages utilize header-name enums for strict checking/matching, and for performance by e.g. skipping unnecessary string allocations, not keeping known strings around, ..etc. Every standard header name will have to added as a variant to such enums, and its string representation as a constant/static.

Not sure how you thought that shares equivalency with random JSON field names.

[-] lysdexic@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages utilize header-name enums for strict checking/matching (...)

I don't know what you are talking about.

Java provides java.lang.Object.HttpHeaders, which is a constants class that provides static final String fields for the popular request and response headers.

.NET does the exact same thing with it's class Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.HeaderNames.

I can go on and on.

[-] BB_C@programming.dev -1 points 3 months ago

You just referenced two languages that don't have proper sum types. lol.

Also mentioning Microsoft tech while a certain world event is taking place right now. lol.

[-] lmaydev@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

A certain world event being a 3rd party piece of software having a bad update.

[-] lysdexic@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

You just referenced two languages that don’t have proper sum types. lol.

You're complained about "Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages".

I provided two concrete examples of two of the most popular and production-grade programming language ever developed.

I can provide more.

You then tried to weasel out by moving your goal post from "Proper HTTP implementations in proper languages" to "languages that don't have proper sum types".

I won't waste more of my time with you. Whatever you're posting lacks relevance and does not justify any attention from anyone.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

You're saying wrong solution but point to the right solution in the same standard?

  • Description: Zapier uses two custom HTTP header fields named X- API-Deprecation-Date and X-API-Deprecation-Info

Is your issue with the field name only? Why do you say wrong solution then?

[-] BB_C@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, sorry. My comment was maybe too curt.

My thoughts are similar to those shared by @Domi in a top comment. If an API user is expected to be wary enough to check for such a header, then they would also be wary enough to check the response of an endpoint dedicated to communicating such deprecation info, or wary enough to notice API requests being redirected to a path indicating deprecation.

I mentioned Zapier or Clearbit as examples of doing it in what I humbly consider the wrong way, but still a way that doesn't bloat the HTTP standard.

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