Box has updated their API to version 2 and has simplified it along the way. The highlights:
- Consistent request/response models
- Convention-based attribute names (please do this in your APIs)
- No more XML, huzzah!
- Better events streams (I hope that Webhooks follows)
- Settled on OAuth2 standard
My favorite line:
There’s an inherent impedance mismatch between XML and regular humans.
These are all very developer-friendly changes. If you’re designing an API, there’s a lot to learn from Box’s experience.
