Is there a standard implementation for webdev based tag read?

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Looking to read tags via API, I’m glad to roll my own if I need to but I figured i’d check if there was a standardized library/resource people would point to.

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I haven't seen one I like. Key things I'd include but haven't seen anyone do:

  • Accept a list of tag paths in a POST, not just a single tagpath in the query params of a GET.

  • Enforce tag access restrictions

  • Include a method to also query history and deliver efficiently (column-wise, not row-wise).

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Why post for list instead of url encoded get?

It’s a synchronous read, that seems like it should be a GET by rest rules?

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GET responses are cacheable by default, which immediate disqualifies it as a sane HTTP verb to use for reading a tag.

Using a query parameter might be okay if your API accepts a read for a single tag path, but it's no good if you want to accept multiple.

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