# HAL - Hypertext Application Language

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/restful/hal-specification/  
**Provider:** RESTful — https://apis.io/providers/restful/  
**Documentation:** https://stateless.co/hal_specification.html

HAL - Hypertext Application Language is one of 5 APIs that [RESTful](https://apis.io/providers/restful/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Hypermedia, JSON, and Standards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

A simple format for including hypermedia links in JSON or XML API responses. HAL uses _links for links and _embedded for embedded resources, providing a consistent way to make REST APIs navigable.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://stateless.co/hal_specification.html
- **IETF Draft** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-kelly-json-hal

## Other RESTful APIs (4)

- [Richardson Maturity Model](https://apis.io/apis/restful/richardson-maturity-model/)
- [JSON:API](https://apis.io/apis/restful/json-api/)
- [OpenAPI Specification](https://apis.io/apis/restful/openapi-specification/)
- [RFC 9110 - HTTP Semantics](https://apis.io/apis/restful/http-rfc-9110/)

## Tags

Hypermedia, JSON, Standards

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