[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14618: Proposal: Standardize WP Responses to JS Requests as JSON

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#14618: Proposal: Standardize WP Responses to JS Requests as JSON
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 Reporter:  filosofo     |       Owner:                
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  JavaScript   |     Version:  3.0           
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  needs-patch   
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Comment(by josephscott):

 I have no problem with JSON at all, it is my preferred serialization
 format.  I mentioned in my first comment my concern is with using an *RPC
 approach to a new API like this.  A simple HTTP (REST, though that term is
 generally mis-understood and abused) would be my preferred approach.  That
 is why I asked for advantages that *RPC provided that you couldn't do with
 simple HTTP and gave a specific weakness based on my experiences with XML-
 RPC.  Ignoring the obvious weakness because you haven't run into yet
 doesn't make it go away.

 I think there is definitely positive aspects to *RPC, but I consider
 base64 encoding to be a near fatal blow.  This is one point that AtomPub
 has a clear advantage over XML-RPC.

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