Brief example of illustrating how a tweet might be represented in application/hal+json

tweet.json

{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://twitter.com/calebbuxton/status/328995716200558592" },
    "reply": {
      "href": "https://twitter.com/i/tweet/create?in_reply_to_status_id=328995716200558592" },
    "favourite": {
      "href": "https://twitter.com/i/tweet/favorite?id=328995716200558592" }
  },

  "text": "@amateurhuman #railsconf hypermedia api's contain state and behaviour",
  "created_at": "3:14 PM - 29 Apr 13",

  "_embedded": {
    "author": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://twitter.com/calebbuxton" },
        "portrait": {
          "href": "https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/2168448366/Screen_Shot_2012-04-26_at_3.25.14_PM_normal.png" }
      },

      "name": "Caleb Buxton",
      "handle": "@calebbuxton"
    },
    "mentions": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://twitter.com/amateurhuman" },
      },

      "handle": "@amateurhuman"
    },
    "topics": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://twitter.com/search?q=%23railsconf&src=hash" }
      },

      "tag": "#railsconf"
    }
  }
}