Could we (should we) simplify the Action Search API response?

[davidjbrossard]

Today, the Search API response looks like this:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "name": "can_read"
    },
    {
      "name": "can_write"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "next_token": ""
  }
}

But we could simplify it as

{
  "results": [ "can_read", "can_write"],
  "page": {
    "next_token": ""
  }
}

Thoughts?

[identitymonk]

Sounds smart as Action effectively have no Type nor Id but just a name.

[baboulebou]

Agreed too, array of string seems sufficient to me.

[davidjbrossard]

On the 6/20 ad-hoc meeting, @ggebel @identitymonk and @davidjbrossard agreed that

1. to keep the specs as parallel as possible (between subject, resource, and action search)
2. to plan for future expansion (e.g. group of actions)

It is better to keep the structure as is. We're closing this issue.