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The Deprecation HTTP Header Field
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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2024
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Weak use-case.
Wrong solution (IMHO).
If one must use a header for this, how Zapier or Clearbit do it, as mentioned in appendix A.2, is the way to go.
Bloating HTTP and its implementations for REST-specific use-cases shouldn't be generally accepted.
You're saying wrong solution but point to the right solution in the same standard?
Is your issue with the field name only? Why do you say wrong solution then?
Yeah, sorry. My comment was maybe too curt.
My thoughts are similar to those shared by @Domi in a top comment. If an API user is expected to be wary enough to check for such a header, then they would also be wary enough to check the response of an endpoint dedicated to communicating such deprecation info, or wary enough to notice API requests being redirected to a path indicating deprecation.
I mentioned Zapier or Clearbit as examples of doing it in what I humbly consider the wrong way, but still a way that doesn't bloat the HTTP standard.