'Proper' http methods for rest API

[thecoshman]

POST means create a brand new resource - a new identifier would be generated by the server PUT means create/replace a resource with a brand new version, but identifier remains same PATCH means partially update a resource

IMO,

• C -> POST -> never accept ID in the request, server will generate and create new resource, if valid payload
• R -> GET
• U -> PUT -> Considering our payloads are fairly small, can probably just say that UI sends a FULL new version to update, client must provide an ID that already exists, else it's a bad request
• D -> DELETE

[vijaygill]

Closing as it uses Django which forces this pattern.