Petstore API as REST API?

[ueberfuhr]

Wouldn't it be a good idea to design the API as a REST API? I'd like to show this sample in REST trainings, but unfortunately, it does not fit the guidelines.

Main points are

• URLs:
  • pets instead of pet, users instead of user
  • findByStatus and findByTags as parameters of GET /pets
  • image upload with PUT /pets/{petId}/image
  • Login/Logout (if done via the API) by using POST

(Wouldn't have any problem to provide a merge request, but maybe it is a conscious decision to NOT fit REST guidelines?)