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    <p>suppose the DogManagementPro program is an application written in client/server architecture, where the customers who buys it is supposed to run the server on his own PC, and access it either locally or remotely.</p> <p>suppose I want to support a "list all dogs" operations in the DogManagementPro REST API.</p> <p>so a GET to <code>http://localhost/DogManagerPro/api/dogs</code> should fetch the following response now:</p> <pre><code>&lt;dogs&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://localhost/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/ralf&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://localhost/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/sparky&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;/dogs&gt; </code></pre> <p>where I want to access it remotely on my local LAN, [the local IP of my machine is 192.168.0.33] what should a a GET to <code>http://192.168.0.33:1234/DogManagerPro/api/dogs</code> fetch?</p> <p>should it be:</p> <pre><code>&lt;dogs&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://localhost/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/ralf&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://localhost/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/sparky&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;/dogs&gt; </code></pre> <p>or perhaps:</p> <pre><code>&lt;dogs&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://192.168.0.33/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/ralf&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;dog&gt;http://192.168.0.33/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/sparky&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;/dogs&gt; </code></pre> <p>?</p> <p>some people argue that I should subside the problem altogether by returning just a path element like so:</p> <pre><code>&lt;dogs&gt; &lt;dog&gt;/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/ralf&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;dog&gt;/DogManagerPro/api/dogs/sparky&lt;/dog&gt; &lt;/dogs&gt; </code></pre> <p>what is the best way?</p>
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    1. COThere is also the option of using a domain. You would then have `http://dogmanagerpro/api/dogs/sparky` Where `dogmanagerpro` would be set up to point to the specific machine:port where the server is listening. This option is the most flexible with regard to changing physical addresses, but it requires your clients to run their own domain server (DNS server) that can map DogManagerPro to an absolute address.
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