HAL-browser

An API browser for the hal+json media type

Example Usage

Here is an example of a hal+json API using the browser:

http://haltalk.herokuapp.com/explorer/browser.html

About HAL

HAL is a format based on json that establishes conventions for representing links. For example:

{
    "_links": {
        "self": { "href": "/orders" },
        "next": { "href": "/orders?page=2" }
    }
}

More detail about HAL can be found at http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html.

Instructions

All you should need to do is copy the files into your webroot. It is OK to put it in a subdirectory; it does not need to be in the root.

All the JS and CSS dependencies come included in the vendor directory.

TODO

• Make Location and Content-Location headers clickable links
• Provide feedback to user when there are issues with response (missing self link, wrong media type identifier)
• Give 'self' and 'curies' links special treatment