Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
3-2011
Pages
39-46
Publisher Name
ACM
Abstract
We have designed and implemented RestFS, a software frame-work that provides a uniform, configurable connector layerfor mapping remote web-based resources to local filesystem-based resources, recognizing the similarity between thesetwo types of resources. Such mappings enable programmaticaccess to a resource, as well as composition of two or moreresources, through the local operating system’s standardfilesystem application programming interface (API), script-able file-based command-line utilities, and inter-process com-munication (IPC) mechanisms. The framework supports au-tomatic and manual authentication. We include several ex-amples intended to show the utility and practicality of ourframework.
Recommended Citation
Kaylor, Joseph P.; Läufer, Konstantin; and Thiruvathukal, George K.. RestFS: Resources and Services are Filesystems, Too. , Proceedings of Second International Workshop on RESTful Design, Hyderabad, India, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1967428.1967439.
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Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2011 Joseph P. Kaylor, Konstantin Läufer, and George K. Thiruvathukal
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