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What is HATEOAS and why is it important? With HATEOAS, each API response tells the client what it can do next by including links. "Hypermedia" just means data with links in it. "Application state" means where things stand right now, like "order placed" or "order shipped."Answer out loud or type it. Then reveal the answer and mark how it went. AI can grade a typed answer and show what you missed.
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Likely follow-ups Why do so few real-world REST APIs implement HATEOAS?Name the costs: many clients hardcode URLs anyway, generic hypermedia clients are rare, and payloads and design work grow. If clients shouldn't build URLs, how does a client know what each link means?