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  • The OPTIONS method lets the client know which verbs are accepted by the server on a given resource :) Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 15:17
  • I was pretty sure that someone would comment about OPTIONS verb :D. But you right! Although my response is mainly focusing on self-descriptive message and the benefits to have it ! (in this case, you don't really need of this verb) Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 15:47
  • @AilurusFulgens: Both your links are very interesting, thanks. I've just spent a couple of hours reading the linked documents. Hydra seems very complete but also more complicated to parse (for both a human and a machine) compared to HAL or Siren. HAL is very simple, basically just links but also links to documentation, whereas Siren seems to sit in the middle between HAL and Hydra. Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 3:27
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    @SimonTewsi It depends on your needs. HAL might be sufficient. Siren has the actions metadata that is the most interesting feature. Hydra is more complex because it requires some basic knowledge about semantic web (because Hydra is based on JSON-LD format, and JSON-LD is related to LinkedData!). Take a look at this video presentation of Hydra: youtu.be/91wSt3fHWLE . You could see that your question about HATEOAS involves a lot of more concepts than just "linking" finally ;-) ! It depends on what you need, again. Commented Jan 20, 2016 at 9:12