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Re:How to (and how not to) design REST APIs by rswail on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:57AM (#38109490)
In HTML, you could have a FORM with the URL of /lamp/switch that you PUT.
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Re:How to (and how not to) design REST APIs by 3cats-in-a-coat on Thursday November 02, 2023 @08:10AM (#38112387)
So you're putting a switch. Great API design.
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Re:How to (and how not to) design REST APIs by cxr on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:27PM (#38121887)
PUT is not a valid method from an HTML form. Only GET or POST are permitted.
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Re:How to (and how not to) design REST APIs by 3cats-in-a-coat on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:54PM (#38123386)
This kind of reveals a little secret of many of the REST gurus. They have no clue what they're talking about.
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