In RESTful style programming, we should use HTTP methods as our building blocks. I’m a little confused though which methods match up to the classic CRUD methods. GET/Read and DELETE/Delete are obvious enough. However, what is the difference between PUT/POST? Do they match one to one with Create and Update? 9 Answers 9
What’s the difference when using GET or POST method? Which one is more secure? What are (dis)advantages of each of them? (similar question) 14 Answers 14
I want to design my rest endpoint with the appropriate method for the following scenario. There is a group. Each group has a status. The group can be activated or inactivated by the admin. Should I design my end point as PUT /groups/api/v1/groups/{group id}/status/activate OR PATCH /groups/api/v1/groups/{group id} with request body like {action:activate|deactivate} 6 Answers … Read more
This question already has answers here: When should I use GET or POST method? What’s the difference between them? (14 answers) Closed 8 years ago. I’ve only recently been getting involved with PHP/AJAX/jQuery and it seems to me that an important part of these technologies is that of POST and GET. First, what is the … Read more
First of all, some definitions: PUT is defined in Section 9.6 RFC 2616: The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an already existing resource, the enclosed entity SHOULD be considered as a modified version of the one residing on the origin server. If … Read more
