I have an ETL tool on a server that also runs a web server with REST Api. I want to be able to execute the ETL tool by connecting to a URL on my web server, but I understand that it is not really REST if i do this (this would be a service whereas rest is suppsoed to have addressability and defined nouns for its endpoints). What is the correct way to set this up without violating rest standards? Is it normal to have a hybrid architecture?

This post was edited by oOn on May 7 2015 04:03pm

i'm not familiar with ETL. if you're worried about the url standards, can't you just change your url? afaik rest doesnt have a "standard"

This post was edited by carteblanche on May 7 2015 06:17pm