[Catalyst] Catalyst::*::REST and Javascript

[Mark Trostler]

Ya I agree that doc is a little wacky - I tend to craft my own urls & 
set the HTTP method appropriately - I stick the JSON-encoded data in a 
'data' request parameter & have my auto sub in my Root controller peel 
it off of there & put it in $c->data so it all looks the same after that.

like:

     if (my $data = $c->stash->{raw_params}->{data}) {
         $c->req->data(decode_json($data));
     }


	Mark

Robert Krimen wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Mark Trostler <mark at zzo.com 
> <mailto:mark at zzo.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I've had good luck with ExtJS:
> 
>     http://extjs.com/learn/Manual:RESTful_Web_Services
> 
>            Mark
> 
>  
> Wikipedia demonstrates REST like:
> 
>        userResource = new Resource('http://example.com/users/001')
>        userResource.delete()
> 
> Whereas ExtJS seems to be of form:
> 
>        userResource = new Resource('http://example.com/users?id=001')
> 
> The difference being that REST-proper encapsulates the id of the user in the
> URI path, where as ExtJS includes it as a query parameter.
> 
> I like the former technique because it dovetails with Catalyst's 
> chaining paradigm nicely.
> 
> Looks like best practice for now is to craft URIs manually and feed them 
> into your YUI, jQuery, or
> ExtJS AJAX routine of choice.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> 
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