Get HATEOAS and Hypermedia Right with Spring

Explore the core aspects of REST, Hypermedia, and HATEOAS in this 46-minute conference talk from Spring I/O 2016. Learn practical steps for implementing these concepts into existing APIs using Spring HATEOAS and Spring Data REST. Discover the fundamentals of content negotiation, API discoverability, and introducing links to guide clients through API responses. Delve into advanced scenarios such as versioning, API evolution with Hypermedia, and the JSON-API specification. Examine real-world examples from public APIs in the Spring ecosystem. Gain insights on topics including JSON and Hypermedia integration, Spring Hit introduction, resource wrapping, link addition techniques, and advanced use cases like JSON Views. Conclude with a comprehensive wrap-up and Q&A session to solidify your understanding of HATEOAS and Hypermedia implementation in Spring.

Introduction
The Missing Link
Exploring the API
Adoption of HEATOS
JSON and Hypermedia
Can we make JSON Hypermedia
Spring Hit
Introduce
Build it into your API
Wrap your existing resources
Wrap your new resources
Adding links
Selflink
Adding a link
Linking to the current mapping
Controller method
ESB method
Add to Cart
Recent Addition
Advanced Use Cases
Book Implementation
JSON Views
JSON View Annotation
Control
Wrap up
Questions