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Is there a solution to automatically synchronize Emacs org-mode with one of the web based todo services?

September 9, 2023 by Tarik

I have been using Org-mode with Remember the Milk quite nicely. here is my setup: (require org-feed) (setq org-feed-alist ‘((“Remember The Milk” “https://www.rememberthemilk.com/rss/jonnay/” “~/org/GTD.org” “Remember The Milk” :template “* TODO %title\n %a\n ” ))) ;;* rtm feed timer (run-at-time 3600 3600 ‘org-feed-update-all) The only problem is that I get asked for authentication the first time … Read more

Restful API – handling large amounts of data

September 1, 2023 by Tarik

You can change your API to include additional parameters to limit the scope of data returned by your application. For instance, you could add limit and offset parameters to fetch just a little part. This is how pagination can be done in accordance with REST. A request like this would result in fetching 10 resources … Read more

Correct HTTP method for RESTful create-or-update?

September 1, 2023 by Tarik

The HTTP 1.1 specification says for POST: 9.5 POST The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. And for PUT: 9.6 PUT The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be … Read more

REST: Mapping application errors to HTTP Status codes

September 1, 2023 by Tarik

RESTful use of HTTP means that you must keep the API uniform. This means that you cannot add domain specific methods (ala GET_STOCK_QUOTE) but it also means that you cannot add domain specific error codes (ala 499 Product Out Of Stock). In fact, the HTTP client error codes are a good design check because if … Read more

Difference between Axis2 webservice and CXF web service

August 31, 2023 by Tarik

The main differences between axis2 web service and CXF web service are as follows: CXF has support for WS-Addressing, WS-Policy, WS-RM, WS-Security, and WS-I BasicProfile. Axis2 supports each of these except for WS-Policy, which will be supported in an upcoming version. CXF was written with Spring in mind; Axis2 is not. Axis2 supports a wider … Read more

Error:Cannot compile Groovy files: no Groovy library is defined for module “myprojectname”

August 29, 2023 by Tarik

Right click on the problematic module and add Groovy support to it:

Difference between web services and web application

August 26, 2023 by Tarik

In your case if you have User Interface for providing two numbers and then getting the result, it should be called a web application. But if you have an API exposed to receive two numbers and return result over http , then it should be called a web service. At low level, both Web application … Read more

Is there an online user agent database? [closed]

August 25, 2023 by Tarik

useragentstring.com has browser and OS information for its user agent strings. There’s also an ‘analyze’ box to submit your own string. I don’t know how easy it is to hook up to automatically, but it seems to have the sort of info you want. Update from Original Posting (don’t want to steal your upvotes): I … Read more

What are applicable scenarios in using HTTP status 207 in REST API?

August 24, 2023 by Tarik

If you perform a destructive operation like POST, PUT, DELETE against more than one resource and the operations against each individual resource did not share a common outcome then you can go for 207. For example, If you DELETEd two resources and both were deleted you can expect If both DELETEs were forbidden, you’d expect … Read more

soapUI: Error does not close tag

August 11, 2023 by Tarik

Watch for ?wsdl. You should use it like this: http://localhost:52086/WebService1.asmx?wsdl