JavaScript REST client Library

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Is there a JavaScript library which allow me to perform all the REST operation like  GET  POST  PUT and DELETE over HTTP or HTTPS

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While you may wish to use a library  such as the excellent jQuery  you don t have to  all modern browsers support HTTP very well in their JavaScript implementations via the XMLHttpRequest API  which  despite its name  is not limited to XML representations   Here s an example of making a synchronous HTTP PUT request in JavaScript   var url    http   host path to resource   var representationOfDesiredState    The cheese is old and moldy  where is the bathroom     var client   new XMLHttpRequest     client open  PUT   url  false    client setRequestHeader  Content-Type    text plain     client send representationOfDesiredState    if  client status    200      alert  The request succeeded  n nThe response representation was  n n    client responseText  else     alert  The request did not succeed  n nThe response status was      client status         client statusText           This example is synchronous because that makes it a little easier  but it s quite easy to make asynchronous requests using this API as well   There are thousands of pages and articles on the web about learning XmlHttpRequest     they usually use the term AJAX     unfortunately I can t recommend a specific one  You may find this reference handy though

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You can also use mvc frameworks like Backbone js that will provide a javascript model of the data  Changes to the model will be translated into REST calls

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Dojo does  e g  via JsonRestStore  see http   www sitepen com blog 2008 06 13 restful-json-dojo-data

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You can use this jQuery plugin I just made    https   github com jpillora jquery rest   Supports basic CRUD operations  nested resources  basic auth    var client   new   RestClient   api rest        client add  foo      client foo add  baz      client add  bar       client foo create  a 21 b 42         POST  api rest foo   with data a 21 and b 42    client foo read         GET  api rest foo    client foo read  42         GET  api rest foo 42    client foo update  42         PUT  api rest foo 42    client foo delete  42         DELETE  api rest foo 42       RESULTS USE    Deferred    client foo read   success function foos        alert  Hooray   I have     foos length    foos               If you find bugs or want new features  post them in the repositories  Issues  page please

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For reference I want to add about ExtJS  as explained in Manual  RESTful Web Services  In short  use method to specify GET  POST  PUT  DELETE  Example   Ext Ajax request       url    articles restful-web-services       method   PUT       params            author   Patrick Donelan           subject   RESTful Web Services are easy with Ext               If the Accept header is necessary  it can be set as a default for all requests   Ext Ajax defaultHeaders          Accept    application json

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jQuery has JSON-REST plugin with REST style of URI parameter templates  According to its description example of using is the followin    Read    b   a      a  foo   b  bar   c 3    becomes a GET to   bar foo c 3

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You don t really need a specific client  it s fairly simple with most libraries  For example in jQuery you can just call the generic   ajax function with the type of request you want to make     ajax       url   http   example com        type   PUT       data   ID 1 amp Name John amp Age 10      or     myform   serializeArray       success  function     alert  PUT completed            You can replace PUT with GET POST DELETE or whatever

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You can use http   adodson com hello js  which has    Rest API support  Built in support for many sites google  facebook  dropbox It supports oAuth 1 and 2 support

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You can try restful js  a framework-agnostic RESTful client  using a syntax similar to the popular Restangular

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