Re: [Exist-open] exist interfaces

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

Hi Eduard,

I would suggest to stick with plain HTTP and build an API for yourself in
XQuery that returns what you need (JSON if you like).

To do this you have a number of choices but I think RESTXQ is a great fit
here.

For FusionStudio we built our API in XQuery using RestXQ and all
communication back and forth is JSON (apart from retrieving/storing non-XML
docs). If you want to see how we did it, the source code and links to the
swagger API docs are available here -
https://www.github.com/evolvedbinary/fusio-studio-api



On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 11:17 Eduard Drenth, <ed...@fr...> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> For our language resources I am developing (ejb/cdi) services behind a
> graphql interface. Data comes from several backends. Some of them already
> have ejb/cdi/jpa code and setup which I can easily reuse.
>
> For exist I wonder how to connect to remote exist instances in an
> efficient, future proof way. I already have working queries that output
> json and can be called over https.
>
> As far as I can see, these are my options:
>
> 1) https calls => overhead, but already there, optimized and perhaps fast
> enough
> 2) http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/devguide_xmlrpc => expensive? old
> technology? maintained? json results supported?
> 3) http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/devguide_xmldb.xml => promoted as
> the preferred way, sits on top of xmlrpc? json results supported?
> 4) http://xqj.net/: feel like the way to go for me, but is it alive?
>
> Perhaps xmldb api is my best option, any thoughts or experiences on this
> subject would be welcome...
>
> Regards, Eduard
>
>
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