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Re:Problems with RESTful APIs (2015) by SEJeff on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @11:36PM (#13761164)
Or (for REST apis that might need concurrent updates of the same model) the most awesome "esoteric" verb, PATCH
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Re:Problems with RESTful APIs (2015) by Mikhail_Edoshin on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @07:54AM (#13763283)
Look into WebDAV and you'll find plenty :) LOCK, UNLOCK, COPY, MOVE, MKCOL, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH. And also REPORT, SEARCH, and various version-control operations.
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Re:Problems with RESTful APIs (2015) by SEJeff on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:43AM (#13763969)
Oh sure, but the context is REST apis, not WebDAV :)

PATCH allows two users to update different fields on the same resource at the same time with no conflicts. Otherwise, they'd use PUT and the last update would win unless they use something (client-side) such as compare and set.

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