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On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:47 PM, michael mccune <msm at redhat.com> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> there have been a few reviews recently where the issue of service type
> versus project name have come up for use in the headers. as usual this
> conversation can get quite murky as there are several good examples where
> service type alone is not sufficient (for example if a service exposes
> several api controllers), and as has been pointed out project name can also
> be problematic (for example projects can change name).
>
> i'm curious if we could come to a consensus regarding the use of service
> type *or* project name for headers. i propose leaving the ultimate decision
> up to the projects involved to choose the most appropriate identifier for
> their custom headers.
>
> i am not convinced that we would ever need to have a standard on how these
> names are chosen for the header values, or if we would even need to have
> header names that could be deduced. for me, it would be much better for the
> projects use an identifier that makes sense to them, *and* for each project
> to have good api documentation.
>
> so, instead of using examples where we have header names like
> "OpenStack-Some-[SERVICE_TYPE]-Header", maybe we should suggest
> "OpenStack-Some-[SERVICE_TYPE or PROJECT_NAME]-Header" as our guideline.
>
> for reference, here are the current reviews that are circling around this
> issue:
>
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/243429
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/273158
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/243414
>
> and one that has already been merged:
>
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/196918
>
> thoughts?
>
>
Why does the service type or name need to be in the header at all? The
request goes to a specific service so the server and client already know
the service type or name. - Brant

regards,
> mike
>
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