Mixing Websites and REST

Question

I am writing a RESTfull api where, for example, a user can create new threads or new messages in a thread. Here I will use a regular POST request. My API also allows users to send messages to each other. And when the user receives the message, I want to receive notifications in the browser, this is where I will use websockets instead of polling every few seconds.

My questions

• Since I already have an open connection with websocket where messages will appear, should I use this connection to send messages, create new threads or messages?

• Can I use a POST request to create messages and web maps to receive them in real time and a GET request to get message history? Is this a good practice?

• I use the django rest framework, which handles field validation for me, as if I would handle validation if I create a resource using websocket instead of the usual POST request.

I'm starting to develop a RESTfull API, and I just started developing it with websockets. Sorry for any stupid questsions that might seem so logical to you :)

thank

Answer 1

Since I already have an open connection with websocket, where messages will come, should I also use this connection to send messages, create new topics or messages?

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Answer 2

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    data = json.loads(message['text'])
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        serializer.save()

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