How to get item in REST API by multiple item id

Question

I have product_id and onec_id columns to get items from DB. Which API routes should I use to get items by product_id or by onec_id?

Is it right for REST routes?

GET /products/{product_id}
GET /products/get_by_onec_id/{onec_id}

What Resources are identified by these IDs? What do you mean by 'multiple item id'? — user647772
– user647772, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 10:13
I need to get products in two ways: - by product_id - by onec_id — funnydaredevil
– funnydaredevil, Commented Nov 1, 2012 at 10:18

Raffaele · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 10:24:16Z

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The most REST solution is to fire one HTTP request for each id. For example

GET /product/736

REST is intended to represent the state of a resource. It can return a set of items, but only if these items relate to each other in some way. For example

GET /onec/492/products

Will return the set of products associated with the specified onec.

If you want to return the set of products identified by a set of IDs in a single request, you may have your shortcut syntax like

GET /products/12,768,56,086

But it's not really common because it's quite a departure from the REST objectives

edited Nov 1, 2012 at 10:24

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 10:17

Raffaele

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funnydaredevil Over a year ago

decided to write routes in such way: GET /product/id/:id GET /product/onec/:id

user647772 · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-01 10:14:24Z

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To get a single Product or Onec(?), GET

/products/{id}
/onecs/{id}

answered Nov 1, 2012 at 10:14

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