# HATEOAS

Responses include links to the next possible actions.

## What is **HATEOAS**?

**HATEOAS** is the REST idea that responses include links to what you can do next, so clients follow links rather than hard-coding URLs. Few APIs go this far.

```json
{ "orderId": 981, "status": "placed",
  "links": { "cancel": "/orders/981/cancel", "items": "/orders/981/items" } }
```

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Updated: September 27, 2026

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