API Anti-Patterns: How to Avoid Common REST MistakesWeb APIs typically use REST style for communication while moving away from more traditional SOAP web services. Our ProgrammableWeb service directory currently lists around 1500 services which are using REST, and around 360 using SOAP. Why is REST becoming so popular and what are the common mistakes in the REST API design? Graphic from Open APIs: a State of the Market REST API, or to be more precis
