README.md

hypermedia-examples

A single data object represented in many hypermedia formats.

Objectives

1. Provide a comparison basis of differing hypermedia formats + Create an API which will provide common data in various formats
   • Collection+JSON
   • HAL+JSON
   • JSON-LD
   • Siren
   • Hydra
   • JSON API
   • Uber
   • Mason + Change between formats using the Accept header option + Hypermedia Formats + Description Languages
2. Show the "layering in" of affordances 1. [x] Hyperlinks (links) 2. [ ] Actions (forms)
3. Brainstorm a way to map affordances onto representations + Affordances - actions that can be taken on a resource
   • Using (possibly self-descriptive) schemas

Usage

1. npm install
2. npm start
3. Supported API Endpoints (supported mediatypes indicated above) + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters/albert + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters/bert + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters/jane + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters/mary + GET http://localhost:8080/api/characters/michael