Me need to implement a REST API for project. How to send http request crud (Post, Get, Update, Delete) to the canister? How to form a response in the (motoko) canister code? There is one architectural solution. It is very bad: make a separate server (node js) that will receive requests from devices …

@paulyoung is right @Safik sample code for http_request handling on rust dfinity/candid/blob/a555d77704d691bb8f34e21a049d44ba0acee3f8/tools/ui/src/didjs/lib.rs use ic_cdk::export::candid::{ candid_method, check_prog, export_service, CandidType, Deserialize, IDLProg, TypeEnv, }; …

For anyone looking for this in 2025, here is working example repo (canister as REST API with verifications): response-verification/examples/http-certification/json-api at main ·... Client side response verification for the Internet Computer - dfinity/response-verification …

API on back-end IC: http_request and http_responce

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paulyoung June 20, 2021, 10:28pm 2

I think this should help: Is it possible to build a REST API in a Canister? - #2 by paulyoung

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API on back-end IC: http_request and http_responce

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