Implementation ideas

Motivation

Current REST gateway implementation appears to have minimal to no active usage
A new canonical API with HTTP support is being developed, which will provide a better solution
Removing unused code reduces maintenance burden and simplifies the codebase

Breaking Changes

While this is technically a breaking change, the impact is expected to be minimal due to low/no usage of the current REST gateway. A deprecation notice for this gateway was previously added on October 23, 2024.