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Subject: Re: Rest parameter without value
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:16:57 +0100
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On 14/10/2016 13:28, Jukka Lahtinen wrote:

[...]
> I have been working with java, but REST is new to me.
[...]
> I have used an url like this:
> http://machine/path/v3.0/keyvalue
> (where "keyvalue" is the variable path parameter and the url is
> otherwise constant)

It does not really make sense. REST is based on the concept of 
"resource". Typically, you have something like:

http://somehost/somepath/users (a GET returns the list of users, a POST 
create a new user)

http://somehost/somepath/user/user-id (a GET returns the user, a PUT 
updates the user)

etc..

Another important concept is HATEOAS.

I suggest that you read up about correct REST API construction. There's 
plenty of resources around. For example, the following links:

http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#restful

http://restful-api-design.readthedocs.io/en/latest/resources.html

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