On 9/19/11 1:03 AM, "Mark McLoughlin" <mar...@redhat.com> wrote:
>The spec is actually quite clear on the different between PUT and POST: > > "The fundamental difference between the POST and PUT requests is > reflected in the different meaning of the Request-URI. The URI in a > POST request identifies the resource that will handle the enclosed > entity. That resource might be a data-accepting process, a gateway to > some other protocol, or a separate entity that accepts annotations. > In contrast, the URI in a PUT request identifies the entity enclosed > with the request" Right. Another important difference between PUT and POST in that PUT is idempotent -- see section 9.1.2. In reality both PUT and POST can be used for create and update. Some further thoughts on this in http://etherpad.openstack.org/RFC-API-Guidelines -jOrGe W. This email may include confidential information. If you received it in error, please delete it. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
