Timeline for How to maintain consistency when retrieving partial vs. full data in an API Resource
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| Aug 9 at 18:50 | comment | added | gnasher729 | On the other hand, you can split information over databases. Say an invoice has an invoice Id, a customer id and a list of product ids. You transfer the complete object but not the products. | |
| Aug 9 at 18:47 | comment | added | gnasher729 | That’s where you measure. If it’s 1kb vs 2kb. on an internet connection, or 100 vs 200 kb on an internal high speed connection then it doesn’t matter (most likely). | |
| Aug 9 at 18:11 | comment | added | trysis | There is another downside to this, though not as bad as in times past - more required bandwidth. If the full information is truly not used, it is effectively wasted. | |
| Aug 8 at 17:42 | comment | added | Greg Burghardt | There is something to be said about not making things different unless you need to. | |
| Aug 8 at 17:32 | history | answered | Ewan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |