Better api responses - Use smart objects as returned objects for the API #159
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Context
Currently, the API returns a complex object Response that contains data and errors like the following example:
This is verbose and complex to understand (it has been raised multiple times by users). Arguably, it lets handling errors gracefully.
Proposed solution
Replace the
response
with aresource
. Here are some examples:As you can see the API is much simpler and easier to understand than using Responses and specific objects for the APIs.
Solves #157