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simondlr
on Oct 23, 2011
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PUT vs POST in REST
I think either way is okay. It depends on how you want to structure it. Most web APIs aren't entirely RESTful anyway. It is also important to note that a lot of hosting providers don't support other verbs than GET or POST (ie Low-REST) [1].
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http://www2008.org/papers/pdf/p805-pautassoA.pdf
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[1] http://www2008.org/papers/pdf/p805-pautassoA.pdf