Discussion on "REST API Maturity Levels"

Rafael Câmara · 2022-02-21T22:38:59.991Z

We all have worked with REST APIs. They are extremely simple and intuitive. But we might want to take a step forward in analyzing our APIs. We have metrics for everything in Software Engineering, for instance, code coverage, but what if we wanted som...

Thank you so much for your comment!

Regarding the question you made, in your case, I don't see any added value in introducing HATEOAS, because you say you have a well-documented API and it's only for internal use.

I have had experiences, in a similar situation, where documentation was poor, and having HATEOAS would've helped a lot in getting to know the API not only as fast as possible but in a deeper way.

If you had your API publically available, I would recommend HATEOAS because I think it would make the other developers' lives easier, but this comes with the cost of having a bit of extra work to give this "client" experience.

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