Hyphen, underscore, or camelCase as word delimiter in URIs?

Question

I\'m designing an HTTP-based API for an intranet app. I realize it\'s a pretty small concern in the grand scheme of things, but: should I use hyphens, underscores, o

Answer 1

Whilst I recommend hyphens, I shall also postulate an answer that isn't on your list:

Nothing At All

• My company's API has URIs like /quotationrequests/, /purchaseorders/ and so on.
• Despite you saying it was an intranet app, you listed SEO as a benefit. Google does match the pattern /foobar/ in a URL for a query of ?q=foo+bar
• I really hope you do not consider executing a PHP call to any arbitrary string the user passes in to the address bar, as @ServAce85 suggests!