Verbs

Question 1

GET

Answer 1

Fetches a record or set of resources from the server

Success: 200
Failure: 404

Question 2

OPTIONS

Answer 2

Fetches all available REST operations

Success: 200

Question 3

POST

Answer 3

Creates a new set of resources or a resource on a server

Success: 201
Failure: 404, 409

Question 4

PUT

Answer 4

Updates or replaces the given record.
If a resource does not exist, create one.
PUT is idempotent.

Success: 200, 204
Failure: 404

Question 5

PATCH

Answer 5

Modifies the given record.
PATCH won’t replace the whole record, it only patches the modified column.

Success: 200, 204
Failure: 404

Question 6

DELETE

Answer 6

Delete the given record

Success: 200
Failure: 404

Question 7

GET: Query Parameters

Answer 7

Intended to add detailed information to identify a resource from the server.

ex: /v1/books/?category=fiction&publish_date=2017

Question 8

GET: Path-based Parameters

Answer 8

The resource query is with the path.

ex: /v1/payments/billing-agreements/agreement_id

Question 9

Query vs Path Parameters

Answer 9

Query parameters should be used to fetch multiple resources based on the query parameters.
A single resource with exact URI information can use Path Parameters.

Question 10

POST vs PUT

Answer 10

POST creates two instances with the same data

PUT updates a single resource that already exists