rest

HTTP response code for POST when resource already exists

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I’m building a server that allows clients to store objects. Those objects are fully constructed at client side, complete with object IDs that are permanent for the whole lifetime of the object. I have defined the API so that clients can create or modify objects using PUT: PUT /objects/{id} HTTP/1.1 … {json representation of the … Read more

SOAP vs REST (differences)

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I have read articles about the differences between SOAP and REST as a web service communication protocol, but I think that the biggest advantages for REST over SOAP are: REST is more dynamic, no need to create and update UDDI(Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration). REST is not restricted to only XML format. RESTful web services … Read more

HTTP GET with request body

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I’m developing a new RESTful webservice for our application. When doing a GET on certain entities, clients can request the contents of the entity. If they want to add some parameters (for example sorting a list) they can add these parameters in the query string. Alternatively I want people to be able to specify these … Read more