Thing Description defines the links property of a Thing to be an array of objects, each with "rel" and "href" properties (among others). Would it make sense for Actions to follow suit? This isn't a normative part of the spec, but it would feel quite sensible. It would mean changing from:
{
"status": "completed",
"output": true,
"links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://my_host/actions/id"
}
}
}to
{
"status": "completed",
"output": true,
"links": [
{"rel": "self", "href":"https://my_host/actions/id"},
]
}The resulting object is slightly less convenient (I can't just do action["links"]["self"]["href"]) but it is more in keeping with the standard.
This is really a decision for LabThings-FastAPI, but I'm keen not to break compatibility if there was a good reason for doing it the current way.
Thing Description defines the
linksproperty of a Thing to be an array of objects, each with "rel" and "href" properties (among others). Would it make sense for Actions to follow suit? This isn't a normative part of the spec, but it would feel quite sensible. It would mean changing from:{ "status": "completed", "output": true, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://my_host/actions/id" } } }to
{ "status": "completed", "output": true, "links": [ {"rel": "self", "href":"https://my_host/actions/id"}, ] }The resulting object is slightly less convenient (I can't just do
action["links"]["self"]["href"]) but it is more in keeping with the standard.This is really a decision for LabThings-FastAPI, but I'm keen not to break compatibility if there was a good reason for doing it the current way.