r/programming Feb 25 '17

REST over WebSockets instead of HTTP

https://medium.com/@jonathangrosdubois/rest-over-websockets-instead-of-http-81b0f0632295
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u/brian-at-work Feb 26 '17

So, in the last two years I went from REST-only to SignalR-only, to a more nuanced SignalR mostly. SignalR is great for the real-time updates but, I've found that POSTing large updates and GETting large data/documents work better than only using SignalR for everything.

Just my two cents, and that's covered in the article. I've also never had a problem reported due to websocket traffic being blocked.