Better is to choose between PUT and POST based on idempotence of the action. PUT implies putting a resource - completely replacing whatever is available at the given URL with a different thing. By definition, a PUT is idempotent. Do it as many times as you like, and the result is the same. x=5 is idempotent. You can PUT a resource whether it previously exists, or not (eg, to Create, or to ...
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 a...
Use of PUT vs PATCH methods in REST API real life scenarios
The HTTP PUT request method creates a new resource or replaces a representation of the target resource with the request payload. The difference between PUT and POST is that PUT is idempotent: calling it once or several times successively has the same effect (that is no side effect), whereas successive identical POST requests may have additional ...
