RESTful Api还是直接访问？

Question

I'm asking this question because some of the websites is visited seems to be using a RESTful API to access the data even if it's on the website...

For example: my website will have 6 pages and 5 of them use the DB. But, I will also have a REST api for my partners...

So, the question is:

On my website, is it better to access directly the DB via mysqli_query or to use a RESTful API with Ajax calls to load data?

Just a note: I'll be using Zend Framework 2 for my RESTful API except if someone has a better option... I know Node.js and PHP... I'm able to write it in Ruby or something if it's better for me... Need a opinion on that...

Answer 1

Use the RESTful API.

The specification of REST is that we use the HTTP methods, which he calls verbs.(GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).

A direct request would be limiting it, or you would be using at most two method (verbs) - GET and POST.

For that you have to do this:

GET /user/frederick/edit
GET /user/frederick/update
GET /user/frederick/delete
GET /user/new

And with a RESTful API:

GET /user/frederick/
POST /user/new/
PUT /user/frederick/
DELETE /user/frederick/