In that case, being able to use Accept headers and conditional GET's would make them more powerful and easier to use. The Accept header could be used, if present, otherwise use the query parameter. Or, vice versa. Also, conditional GET's are a big win when you know the data and results are not changing often.
Jason -----Original Message----- From: ysee...@gmail.com [mailto:ysee...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Yonik Seeley Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:12 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: REST calls Solr's APIs are described as "REST-like", and probably do qualify as "restful" the way the term is commonly used. I'm personally much more interested in making our APIs more powerful and easier to use, regardless of any REST purity tests. -Yonik http://www.lucidimagination.com