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Is there any guidelines on how to design API’s for enabling capability for multi-devices(browsers, mobiles etc). For eg: In case of mobile considering the screenspace and complexities i might want to send less data for the same API call etc.
Appreciate any inputs on this.
For supporting both native applications on mobile devices and Web browsers I would recommend a REST API (also called Web API, or Hypermedia API). While there are many resource online, if you are new to this, I would recommend reading a book first. Try “Rest in Practice” by Jim Weber
http://www.amazon.com/REST-Practice-Hypermedia-Systems-Architecture/dp/0596805829/
Here is a good forum to ask pragmatic REST questions:
http://groups.google.com/group/api-craft
Ferenc