Comments on: Are 4 Verbs Enough http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough pulling the rug Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mark Baker http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-389 Mark Baker Thu, 18 May 2006 11:47:57 +0000 http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-389 BTW, PATCH would also be useful for that. Yah, I read Werner's interview. He's a brilliant guy, but he just doesn't understand the Web. BTW, PATCH would also be useful for that.

Yah, I read Werner’s interview. He’s a brilliant guy, but he just doesn’t understand the Web.

]]> By: Chui http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-317 Chui Wed, 17 May 2006 22:27:55 +0000 http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-317 Interesting. PUT with ranges will require normalized XML. It would have been nice to be able to do chunked HTTP PUT, similar to multipart mime post, but to different URLs. Then we can express the swap in one transaction. Mark, did you read the ACM Queue interview with Amazon CTO who said the REST camp was just being vocal, .... people just wanted things to work, and not fuss over what goes over the wire? Interesting. PUT with ranges will require normalized XML.

It would have been nice to be able to do chunked HTTP PUT, similar to multipart mime post, but to different URLs. Then we can express the swap in one transaction.

Mark, did you read the ACM Queue interview with Amazon CTO who said the REST camp was just being vocal, …. people just wanted things to work, and not fuss over what goes over the wire?

]]> By: Mark Baker http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-286 Mark Baker Wed, 17 May 2006 08:06:07 +0000 http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-286 PUT with ranges? Or break the resource up into chunks and PUT to a chunk - basically doing ranges one level up. PUT with ranges? Or break the resource up into chunks and PUT to a chunk - basically doing ranges one level up.

]]> By: Matthew O'Connor http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-285 Matthew O'Connor Wed, 17 May 2006 03:41:51 +0000 http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-285 oops, there was fancy XML in the POSTed data but it has been lost. oops, there was fancy XML in the POSTed data but it has been lost.

]]> By: Matthew O'Connor http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-284 Matthew O'Connor Wed, 17 May 2006 03:40:25 +0000 http://www.redmountainsw.com/wordpress/archives/are-4-verbs-enough#comment-284 It seems that if you're using a good representation for your resources then it'd be trivial to do this operation with a POST, which I believe would be the correct verb here since it's an update. Assume we have: 1. ... 2. ... 3. http://localhost/some/thing 4. http://localhost/some/other/thing 5. ... 6. ... And then update by just POSTing the data that's needs changing: POST http://localhost/some/thing http://localhost/some/other/thing That seems like the cleanest way to me and it scales to arbitrarily large lists. I generally think of POST as an update operation and usually as a partial one at that. It seems that if you’re using a good representation for your resources then it’d be trivial to do this operation with a POST, which I believe would be the correct verb here since it’s an update.

Assume we have:

1. …
2. …
3. http://localhost/some/thing
4. http://localhost/some/other/thing
5. …
6. …

And then update by just POSTing the data that’s needs changing:

POST

http://localhost/some/thing
http://localhost/some/other/thing

That seems like the cleanest way to me and it scales to arbitrarily large lists. I generally think of POST as an update operation and usually as a partial one at that.

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