REST describes a very specific data-centric interation model, which is radically different to the message-centric interaction model of OOP and RPC (XML-RPC, SOAP, RMI, CORBA, etc).

While SOAP and REST based web and integration services are ideal for organizations that are flush with racks of servers and blessed with an army talented software developers, a good enterprise ...

APIs seem to be everywhere these days. Every popular online service has one. APIs allow developers to interact with online services without actually having to point and click their way through a UI.

Solr has a HTTP/JSON-based API. However, it isn’t exactly a REST API because it doesn’t really follow any of the rules for a well-defined REST interface. I whine about this sometimes.

XML Field Remap This new functionality allows you to modify our NPRML elements to whatever you want, so your API requests can fit your existing applications without you having to change your code.