From 34071226fa9977c8dccd25bbff719f8e06aee057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: apidesigner Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 09:37:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates message/hal.md Auto commit by GitBook Editor --- message/hal.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/message/hal.md b/message/hal.md index 3249916..88ef860 100644 --- a/message/hal.md +++ b/message/hal.md @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ In our case the "Greeting" resource isn't related to other resources but itself- It is **customary** for every resource representation to include the `self` link relation. +> NOTE: The href **MUST** always be **relative path to the API root** (e.g. without the host and scheme). + ## Relation Example A more complex document example could be an "Order" resource that has a related resource "Author" (a person who created the order. It might look like: