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rswail
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How to (and how not to) design REST APIs
In HTML, you could have a FORM with the URL of /lamp/switch that you PUT.
cxr
on Nov 2, 2023
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PUT is not a valid method from an HTML form. Only GET or POST are permitted.
3cats-in-a-coat
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This kind of reveals a little secret of many of the REST gurus. They have no clue what they're talking about.
3cats-in-a-coat
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So you're putting a switch. Great API design.
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