RESTful Web Services Cookbook

This comprehensive cookbook features over 100 recipes for designing RESTful web services that meet the goals of performance, scalability, reliability, and security. With step-by-step instructions and examples using HTTP requests and responses, XML, JSON, and Atom snippets, you'll learn how to successfully design resources, implement hypertext constraints, and support caching. Additionally, this cookbook covers advanced use cases involving copying, merging, and transactions, as well as how to secure web services and support OAuth. Whether you're a web or enterprise developer, this cookbook offers practical solutions for developing real web services.