Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderHello HN. In this article I try to explain HATEOAS in its original context, hypermedia/HTML, rather than using JSON. JSON isn't a natural hypermedia and it makes HATEOAS (and the entire uniform interface of REST) difficult to understand and of frustratlingly little benefit to end users. I don't expect to change the language around REST-ful APIs, where darn near anything over HTTP is called "REST-ful", but I hope that this article will help people who have struggled with understanding what…
Seriously, has anyone ever made a non-toy implementation conforming to the idea of HATEOAS? A REST client needs little to no prior knowledge about how to interact with an application or server beyond a generic understanding of hypermedia. Nothing but a generic understanding of hypermedia? You need some substantial understanding of language and the world to figure out where this link will take you. <a href="/accounts/12345/close-requests">close-requests</a> Sure, English is not my first language and financial terms…
Popular in 2023 (87 points, 94 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36944686 2021 (143 points, 107 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29313227
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 239
- Total comments
- 198
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 | HATEOAS – An Alternative Explanation | dsego | 6 | 0 |
| 2021-11-23 | HATEOAS: An Alternative ExplainationFirst breakout · Best thread | recursivedoubts | 143 | 105 |
| 2023-07-31 | Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State (HATEOAS)Latest 20+ point return | carride | 87 | 92 |
| 2025-01-06 | HATEOAS | mercutio2 | 3 | 1 |