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Which HTTP verb should I use to trigger an action in a REST web service?

I am implementing a RESTful web service and one of the available actions will be reload. It will be used to reload configurations, cache, etc. We started with a simple GET to an URI like this: ${path}/cache/reload (no parameters are passed, only the…
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When are RPC-ish approaches more appropriate than REST?

After watching this talk on REST, Reuse and Serendipity by Steve Vinoski, I wonder if there are business cases in greenfield projects for (XML-)RPC-ish setups, that REST could not solve in a better way. A few RPC-Problems he mentions: Focus on…
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Why is REST commonly used instead of RPC-like mechanisms in web applications?

I started very recently at a company that uses a rather unusual custom framework for their web applications, at least compared to the typical web application frameworks I know. Instead of a RESTful webservice an RPC mechanism is used to communicate…
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Designing function based RESTful API

Please settle an argument between me and a friend. We'r currently designing a product API. Our Product entity looks like this { "Id": "", "ProductName": "", "StockQuantity": 0 } Product sales are handled by a 3rd party and they are…
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REST vs RPC for mobile development

As many know, mobile development is skyrocketing these days and, I believe, it affects what we code. To be specific, I am interested in developing web services for a mobile application. I see two possible architectures - RPC and REST. I have…
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How does a pure P2P node connect to other nodes

I'm working on my first P2P app using C# core and gRPC and I'm finding it difficult to understand the concepts of how nodes find each other and build a routing table. For my design I'd like to only have nodes and no listener/directory/discovery…
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Multiprocess RPC Architecture Design

I am currently working on a project that has client applications communicating with a server process. The client applications could be local to the same machine as the server process, on the same network, or over the internet. I had written a…
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Why does Java require a servlet container for simple RPC service?

I have a big database controller which is written in Java. The controller reads information from the database, and interprets it into data structures which are then displayed in a CLI. Java was chosen because writing code in it is fast and easy.…
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Should I use gRpc in my business layer?

I'm moving from REST APIs to gRpc but having a hard time figuring out how to structure my logic. The basic layout of my solution is having a business layer/API and a few different front-ends (Windows app, console app, Web app, etc). I would like to…
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How do RPC systems deal with slow or flaky networks?

In an RPC (Remote Procedure Call) design, an interaction across the network is hidden behind a synchronous API that makes the network interaction look (to the rest of the local program) like "just another local function call". The function-call…
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Cache maintained by caller app or by provider app in microservices inter-app communication?

Suppose there are app1 and app2 in a microservices. app2 needs to call app1's RESTful APIs. Cache is needed since the call will be frequent. So after a successful RESTful call, there will be cache available for app2. My question is who maintains the…
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Options for C# machine to machine communication

I’m evaluating different options for communication between C# applications. My requirements are: Central server where clients connect Persistent connection, server should know when clients connect/disconnect. Server can broadcast messages to all…
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Invalidation of cached GET results by other endpoints

I have not previously designed a nontrivial HTTP API, so I apologize if anything here is textbook stuff. I wasn't able to find anything going into this in much detail when I looked. Let's say I have an API where you can upload some data and then…
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API Design (RPC - RESTful)

I'm new to API design. I've been reading numerous threads RESTful vs RPC patterns for API design, but I feel like none directly addressed my exact use case, so I just wanted to get a second opinion. Let's say I want to build a web app which…
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Is RPC itself a network protocol?

Design Data Intensive Applications compares RPC and REST. It says The RPC model tries to make a request to a remote network service look the same as calling a function or method in your programming language, within the same process (this …
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