use_verbs.md

Use Verbs

Use the verbs specified for the HTTP protocol to get the most our of you HTTP based API.

• POST for creation
• GET for reading
• PUT for updating or replacing
• PATCH for updating or modifying
• DELETE for deletion

If you, like me cannot remember, which of the verbs does what, like POST and PUT you can use these simple rules of thumb, the first one I got from a colleague:

The U in PUT is for update

And now for one I had to make for myself:

Post is always delivered at the gate, so when thinking about POST, remember gate rhymes with create

Resources

• RestApiTutorial.com