Comments on: Creating a REST API for a Flash application http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2009/02/25/creating-a-rest-api-for-a-flash-application/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:19 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bart http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2009/02/25/creating-a-rest-api-for-a-flash-application/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Bart Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:21:16 +0000 http://techblog.floorplanner.com/?p=486#comment-653 We made a REST API using Microsofts ADO.NET Data Services Framework and also faced the problem that Flash doesn't support the PUT and DELETE requests. We working on a proxy to solve this as we speak. Our application runs in Air, so it's not only the browsers limitation I think. Nice article, thanks (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668792.aspx) We made a REST API using Microsofts ADO.NET Data Services Framework and also faced the problem that Flash doesn’t support the PUT and DELETE requests. We working on a proxy to solve this as we speak.

Our application runs in Air, so it’s not only the browsers limitation I think.

Nice article, thanks

(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668792.aspx)

]]> By: Willem van Bergen http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2009/02/25/creating-a-rest-api-for-a-flash-application/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Willem van Bergen Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:07:36 +0000 http://techblog.floorplanner.com/?p=486#comment-463 Unfortunately, that does not work in all cases. The _method param must be send as a POST variable when doing a POST request, so including it in the URL is not enough. And for most update requests, we include XML to describe what should be updated as POST body, se we cannot set additional POST variables. It could work for DELETE requests, because no XML data is included for such a request and the POST body can be used for POST variables. However, we thought it would be more consistent to handle this case exactly like the PUT case and create a distinct route for this action as well. Unfortunately, that does not work in all cases. The _method param must be send as a POST variable when doing a POST request, so including it in the URL is not enough. And for most update requests, we include XML to describe what should be updated as POST body, se we cannot set additional POST variables.

It could work for DELETE requests, because no XML data is included for such a request and the POST body can be used for POST variables. However, we thought it would be more consistent to handle this case exactly like the PUT case and create a distinct route for this action as well.

]]> By: Roob http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2009/02/25/creating-a-rest-api-for-a-flash-application/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Roob Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:46:05 +0000 http://techblog.floorplanner.com/?p=486#comment-459 You could also let Flash send the param "_method=put" to simulate REST HTTP Operations. You could also let Flash send the param “_method=put” to simulate REST HTTP Operations.

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