[Compass-ci] Re: [PATCH v3 compass-ci] container/web-backend: add API /get_table_error

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:47:53AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:

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More importantly, backend API in general should focus on passing k/v pairs (data), not table columns (final representation).

It'll allow the client to do more creative logic and evolve over time. For example,

• some k/v pairs can be used as mouse hover tips
• link_to_result could be embed into another data column

Another big case is supporting 2+ clients (WEB+CLI). Where some data may be more useful for WEB. The CLI could ignore or adapt some data to fit the terminal.

CLI means cmd-line tool? are we make a CLI?

So API should focus on data itself. Enable clients to do creative representation.

ok

Thanks, Weitao

Thanks, Fengguang