Your API is not RESTful vvv.tobiassjosten.net · Archived on 2 Jun 2013 · Originally posted on Pinboard

Most "RESTful APIs" make it as far as to the last point but the majority fail the hypermedia constraint. However this is so innate to the architecture that is has its own abbreviation — HATEOAS. It is also what makes RESTful design stand out and be as powerful as it is.