REST API available #368

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opened 2025-06-08 13:09:56 +02:00 by kiara · 0 comments

kiara commented

2025-06-08 13:09:56 +02:00

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As a front-end developer,
I want to be able to interact with Fediversity through a REST API,
so that I may work with its functionality while treating it as a black box.

notes

while this is primarily a research project, the expectation of running and maintaining a live service would alter that scope to potentially include becoming responsible to constantly staying on-call in case of production issues, whereas outsiders may not have the needed expertise. we may need to further consider how to best handle this.

implementation notes

part of this may have been implemented in panel
while our underlying logic is not very imperative, front-ends may bring along more imperative expectations such as buttons over forms, which may have use for according imperative-style REST end-points. needs #242.

**As** a front-end developer, **I want** to be able to interact with Fediversity through a REST API, **so that** I may work with its functionality while treating it as a black box. ## notes - while this is primarily a research project, the expectation of running and maintaining a live service would alter that scope to potentially include becoming responsible to constantly staying on-call in case of production issues, whereas outsiders may not have the needed expertise. we may need to further consider how to best handle this. ### implementation notes - part of this may have been implemented in `panel` - while our underlying logic is not very imperative, front-ends may bring along more imperative expectations such as buttons over forms, which may have use for according imperative-style REST end-points. needs #242.