DELETE is supposed to be idempotent. If I DELETE http://example.com/account/123 it’s going to delete the account. If I do it again would I expect a 404, since the account no longer exists? What if I attempt to DELETE an account that has never existed? 8 Answers 8
Here is my code, $url=”url_to_post”; $data = array( “first_name” => “First name”, “last_name” => “last name”, “email”=>”[email protected]”, “addresses” => array ( “address1” => “some address”, “city” => “city”, “country” => “CA”, “first_name” => “Mother”, “last_name” => “Lastnameson”, “phone” => “555-1212”, “province” => “ON”, “zip” => “123 ABC” ) ); $data_string = json_encode($data); $ch=curl_init($url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, … Read more
I want to export one specific request from a Postman extension (Chromium) and send it to another developer so that they can import it. How I can do this? 8 Answers 8
With Spring 3.0, can I have an optional path variable? For example @RequestMapping(value = “/json/{type}”, method = RequestMethod.GET) public @ResponseBody TestBean testAjax( HttpServletRequest req, @PathVariable String type, @RequestParam(“track”) String track) { return new TestBean(); } Here I would like /json/abc or /json to call the same method. One obvious workaround declare type as a request … Read more
A REST API can have arguments in several places: In the request body – As part of a json body, or other MIME type In the query string – e.g. /api/resource?p1=v1&p2=v2 As part of the URL-path – e.g. /api/resource/v1/v2 What are the best practices and considerations of choosing between 1 and 2 above? 2 vs … Read more
In my Ruby on Rails application I tried to upload an image through the POSTMAN REST client in Base64 format. When I POST the image I am getting a 406 Not Acceptable Response. When I checked my database, the image was there and was successfully saved. What is the reason for this error, is there … Read more
Why is there a need to define a new method in RESTful controller, follow it up with a create method? Google search didn’t provide me the answer I was looking for. I understand the difference, but need to know why they are used the way they are. 4 Answers 4
I have done quite some search already. However, still having doubts about the ‘main’ parameter in the package.json of a Node project. How would filling in this field help? Asking in another way, can I start the module in a different style if this field presents? Can I have more than one script filled into … Read more
I start planning a REST API with node.js ,express and mongodb. The API provides data for a website (public and private area) and maybe later a mobile app. The frontend will be developed with AngularJS. For some days I read a lot about securing REST APIs, but I don’t get to a final solution. As … Read more
In Node.js, other than using child process to make CURL call, is there a way to make CURL call to remote server REST API and get the return data? I also need to set up the request header to the remote REST call, and also query string as well in GET (or POST). I find … Read more
