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Asked: 2026-06-05T08:20:02+00:00

I’m just learning REST and trying to figure out how to apply it in

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I’m just learning REST and trying to figure out how to apply it in practice. I have a sampling of data that I want to query, but I’m not sure how the URLs are meant to be formed, i.e. where I put the query. For example, for querying the most recent 100 data records:

GET http://data.com/data/latest/100
GET http://data.com/data?amount=100

which of the previous two queries is the better, and why? And the same for the following:

GET http://data.com/data/latest-days/2
GET http://data.com/data?days=2
GET http://data.com/data?fromDate=01-01-2000

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Personally, I would use the query string format in this case. If your /data path is returning all of the data, and you would like to perform this type of query, I believe it makes the most sense. You could also pass query string parameters such as ?since=01-01-2000 to get entries after a specified date or pass column names such as ?category=clothing to retrieve all entries with category equaling clothing.

    Additionally, you would want paths such as /data/{id} to be available to retrieve certain entries given their unique id.

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