[OSM-dev] PUT /api/0.6/{node|way|relation}/{id|create}

[SteveC]

On 9 Jun 2008, at 20:22, Dave Stubbs wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Stefan de Konink <skinkie at xs4all.nl>  
> wrote:
>> Dave Stubbs schreef:
>>>
>>> I think it has been solved: just implement the API the way it is.
>>
>> That is the actual question. Why does the api require a {node|way| 
>> relation}
>> if the actual XML, first child, already gives this information?
>
>
> Because it lets you easily route the request to the relevant piece of
> server code without having to parse the (potentially large) payload
> first.

it also looks nice and is fundamental to REST

>
>
> ie: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/sites/rails_port/config/routes.rb
>
> which dispatches the API commands to the relevant rails controller and
> action to handle the request.
>
> It is of course possible to do it without that. YMMV on whether this
> gains or loses much, but it changes the API quite a lot in the process
> which is probably a bad thing without a clear cut gain.
>
> Dave
>
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Best

Steve