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Asked: 2026-06-08T20:51:44+00:00

Consider the following URIs where the server returns a representation corresponding to the nth

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Consider the following URIs where the server returns a representation corresponding to the nth Fibonacci number. 

GET /fib/0 ==> { value: 0, _links: { next: { href: '/fib/1' } } }
GET /fib/1 ==> { value: 1, _links: { next: { href: '/fib/2' } } }
GET /fib/2 ==> { value: 1, _links: { next: { href: '/fib/3' } } }

...

GET /fib/73 ==> { value: 806515533049393, _links: { next: { href: '/fib/74' } } }

... etc ...

Given the constraints of a strict interpretation of REST, what should the server return when it receives the following request?

GET /fib
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  1. Editorial Team

    According to W3’s Dereferencing HTTP URIs, because I cannot return an infinite sequence, it looks like I should return an HTTP 303 - See Other redirect to another URI (e.g. /fib/Information) which contains additional related information about the Fibonacci sequence such as a human-readable description, an algorithm to compute it, or an RDF description of the aggregation. I should support content negotiation to allow consumers to select an appropriate representation.

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