in reply to Standards for JSON API
Sounds like a perfect job for Dancer2 and Dancer2::Plugin::REST. The process is fairly straightforward, it is almost too easy. You will have a JSON and YAML REST API up and running very quickly.
jeffa
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)
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