匹配符号的 API 样式是什么意思？

Question

API url中的特殊匹配符号 eg: {?name} , {/other_user}

如何与客户打交道？

为什么要用它？

参考：

https://api.github.com/repos/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases

示例：

{
"upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/1161957/assets{?name}", 
"id": 1161957,
"tag_name": "v1.6.0",
"author": {
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/tianon/events{/privacy}",
}
}

Answer 1

它们 URI templates. The GitHub API documentation 包括展示使用这些模板的好处的示例。

GitHub API 文档使用 Ruby uri_template library in its examples. While uri_template is a Ruby gem, you can find URI template libraries for most popular programming languages. This wiki（或快速 Google 搜索）可能会帮助您找到一个 URI 模板库您选择的语言。

匹配符号的 API 样式是什么意思？

What's mean of the API style that matching symbols?

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