RESTful API for executing Ansible playbooks remotelygithub.com/lfkdev 2 pointslfkdev2 years ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dogaar2yREST is for data transfers not executions. One of these would have been a much better choice: JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, gRPC.−lfkdevOP2yI'm with you that RPC is better suited for action-oriented APIs - but flask-restx gets the job done well and I know more about it, which is enough for me to simply stick with it. I also like swagger. I'll consider RPC for my next project though
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REST is for data transfers not executions. One of these would have been a much better choice: JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, gRPC.
I'm with you that RPC is better suited for action-oriented APIs - but flask-restx gets the job done well and I know more about it, which is enough for me to simply stick with it. I also like swagger. I'll consider RPC for my next project though