# How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST?

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## What Jamie wrote

Good writeup clarifying that REST interfaces are not just JSON over HTTP.

> From there, an API could be considered more "mature" as a REST API as it adopted the following ideas:
> 
> - Level 1: Resources (e.g. a resource-aware URL layout, contrasted with an opaque URL layout as in XML-RPC)
> - Level 2: HTTP Verbs (using `GET`, `POST`, `DELETE`, etc. properly)
> - Level 3: Hypermedia Controls (e.g. links)
> 
> Level 3 is where the uniform interface comes in, which is why this level is considered the most mature and truly "The Glory of REST"

Nearly everyone stops at level 2.

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