Web development āĻ RESTful API āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ HTTP request methods āĻā§āϞā§āϰ knowledge āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ important. Letâs break it down:
- GET: āĻāĻ method āĻāĻž āĻĄā§āĻāĻž read āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ use āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϧāϰā§āύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ
/products/iphone
endpoint āĻ request āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϞā§āύ, āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻž iPhone product āĻāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϞāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤ - POST: āύāϤā§āύ data create āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ use āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϧāϰā§āύ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ
/users
endpoint āĻ āύāϤā§āύ user āĻāϰ āĻĄā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāϤ⧠āύāϤā§āύ user create āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ - PUT: āĻā§āύ⧠existing resource āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ update āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ method āĻāĻž use āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ,
/users/123
āĻ āĻā§āύ⧠user āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĄā§āĻāĻž replace āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤ - DELETE: āĻā§āύ⧠resource delete āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻ method āĻāĻž use āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ,
/users/123
āĻ request āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϞ⧠user 123 delete āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ - PATCH: Resource āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻ
āĻāĻļ update āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ method āĻāĻž use āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ,
/users/123
āĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠email address update āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞā§āĨ¤ - HEAD: āĻāĻāĻž GET āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤā§āĻ, but āĻļā§āϧ⧠header return āĻāϰā§, āĻā§āύ⧠response body āύāĻžāĨ¤ Useful when you only need to check resource availability.
- CONNECT: āĻāĻ method āĻāĻž server āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž two-way communication tunnel establish āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ use āĻšā§, usually proxy server āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§āĨ¤
- OPTIONS: āĻā§āύ⧠endpoint āĻ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ HTTP methods supported āϏā§āĻāĻž check āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻ method use āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
- TRACE: Debugging purposes āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ use āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ Request āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§, āϏā§āĻāĻž exact āϏā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ return āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
HTTP methods āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ API āĻā§āϞ⧠efficient, secure āĻāĻŦāĻ flexible āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ implement āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ web development journey āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āĻ smooth āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤ Letâs make web development more powerful and effective!