Comment by thaumasiotes
3 days ago
> So then one gets to bike-shed if "signup" it is in the request path, query parameters, or the body.
But that's not a difference between /user/signup and /user:signup .
3 days ago
> So then one gets to bike-shed if "signup" it is in the request path, query parameters, or the body.
But that's not a difference between /user/signup and /user:signup .
That's correct, the example you are giving represents bike-shedding among request path variations.
I assumed most readers of my comment would get that the idea that /users/signup is ambiguous whether or not that is supposed to be another resource, while /users:signup is less so.