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Java API [message #65077] Thu, 28 March 2013 21:36 UTC Go to
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to my shop I'm working on a Java library to call the Shapeways
API. I'm planning on using it for an Android app. I've got the
basic OAuth flows working but I have some questions: 1. Why is
the API based on OAuth 1.0? Most other web API's are based on
either OAuth 1.0a or OAuth 2.0. Any plans to update? 2. There
are some inconsistencies for the path formats for invoking the
API. For example, "/materials/v1" for materials and
"/material/{materialId}/v1" for a particular material makes
sense. But then "/printers/v1" for printers and
"/printers/{printerId}/v1" for a printer doesn't follow the same
singular pattern (i.e "/printer/{printerId}/v1"). 3. The JSON
format of the results are not consistent. For example, the list
of printers ("/printers/v1") are returned as a JSON array, bu