What is the difference between PUT POST and PATCH

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What is the difference between PUT  POST and PATCH methods in HTTP protocol

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The below definition is from the real world example.

Example Overview
For every client data, we are storing an identifier to find that client data and we will send back that identifier to that client for reference.

POST
- If the Client sends data without any identifier using the POST method then we will store it and assign a new identifier.
- If the Client again sends the same data without any identifier using the POST method, then we will store it and assign a new identifier.
- Note: Duplication is allowed here
PUT
- If the Client Sends data with an identifier then we will check whether that identifier exists. If the identifier exists we will update data else we will create it and assign a new identifier.
PATCH
- If the Client Sends data with an identifier then we will check whether that identifier exists. If the identifier exists we will update data else we will throw an exception.

Note: On Put Method, We are not throwing an exception if an identifier is not found. But in Patch method, we are throwing an exception if the identifier is not found.

Do let me know if you have any queries on the above.

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Main Difference Between PUT and PATCH Requests   Suppose we have a resource that holds the first name and last name of a person   If we want to change the first name then we send a put request for Update     first    Michael    last    Angelo       Here  although we are only changing the first name  with PUT request we have to send both parameters first and last  In other words  it is mandatory to send all values again  the full payload   When we send a PATCH request  however  we only send the data which we want to update  In other words  we only send the first name to update  no need to send the last name

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PUT   replace the ENTIRE RESOURCE with the new representation provided  PATCH   replace parts of the source resource with the values provided AND OR other parts of the resource are updated that you havent provided  timestamps  AND OR updating the resource effects other resources  relationships   https   laracasts com discuss channels general-discussion whats-the-differences-between-put-and-patch page 1

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Think of it this way     POST - create  PUT - replace  PATCH - update  GET - read  DELETE - delete

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here is a simple description of all    POST is always for creating a resource   does not matter if it was duplicated   PUT is for checking if resource is exists then update   else create new resource PATCH is always for update a resource

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Difference between PUT  POST  GET  DELETE and PATCH IN HTTP Verbs   The most commonly used HTTP verbs POST  GET  PUT  DELETE are similar to CRUD  Create  Read  Update and Delete  operations in database  We specify these HTTP verbs in the capital case  So  the below is the comparison between them    create - POST  read - GET update - PUT delete - DELETE   PATCH  Submits a partial modification to a resource  If you only need to update one field for the resource  you may want to use the PATCH method   Note  Since POST  PUT  DELETE modifies the content  the tests with Fiddler for the below url just mimicks the updations  It doesn t delete or modify actually  We can just see the status codes to check whether insertions  updations  deletions occur   URL  http   jsonplaceholder typicode com posts   1  GET   GET is the simplest type of HTTP request method  the one that browsers use each time you click a link or type a URL into the address bar  It instructs the server to transmit the data identified by the URL to the client  Data should never be modified on the server side as a result of a GET request  In this sense  a GET request is read-only   Checking with Fiddler or PostMan  We can use Fiddler for checking the response  Open Fiddler and select the Compose tab  Specify the verb and url as shown below and click Execute to check the response   Verb  GET  url  http   jsonplaceholder typicode com posts   Response  You will get the response as    userId   1    id   1    title    sunt aut        body    quia et suscipit      In the    happy     or non-error  path  GET returns a representation in XML or JSON and an HTTP response code of 200  OK   In an error case  it most often returns a 404  NOT FOUND  or 400  BAD REQUEST    2  POST   The POST verb is mostly utilized to create new resources  In particular  it s used to create subordinate resources  That is  subordinate to some other  e g  parent  resource    On successful creation  return HTTP status 201  returning a Location header with a link to the newly-created resource with the 201 HTTP status   Checking with Fiddler or PostMan  We can use Fiddler for checking the response  Open Fiddler and select the Compose tab  Specify the verb and url as shown below and click Execute to check the response   Verb  POST  url  http   jsonplaceholder typicode com posts   Request Body    data        title   foo       body   bar       userId  1000      Id   1000      Response  You would receive the response code as 201   If we want to check the inserted record with Id   1000 change the verb to Get and use the same url and click Execute   As said earlier  the above url only allows reads  GET   we cannot read the updated data in real   3  PUT   PUT is most-often utilized for update capabilities  PUT-ing to a known resource URI with the request body containing the newly-updated representation of the original resource   Checking with Fiddler or PostMan  We can use Fiddler for checking the response  Open Fiddler and select the Compose tab  Specify the verb and url as shown below and click Execute to check the response   Verb  PUT  url  http   jsonplaceholder typicode com posts 1  Request Body    data        title   foo       body   bar       userId  1      Id   1      Response  On successful update it returns 200  or 204 if not returning any content in the body  from a PUT   4  DELETE   DELETE is pretty easy to understand  It is used to delete a resource identified by a URI    On successful deletion  return HTTP status 200  OK  along with a response body  perhaps the representation of the deleted item  often demands too much bandwidth   or a wrapped response  see Return Values below   Either that or return HTTP status 204  NO CONTENT  with no response body  In other words  a 204 status with no body  or the JSEND-style response and HTTP status 200 are the recommended responses   Checking with Fiddler or PostMan  We can use Fiddler for checking the response  Open Fiddler and select the Compose tab  Specify the verb and url as shown below and click Execute to check the response   Verb  DELETE  url  http   jsonplaceholder typicode com posts 1  Response  On successful deletion it returns HTTP status 200  OK  along with a response body   Example between PUT and PATCH  PUT   If I had to change my firstname then send PUT request for Update      first    Nazmul    last    hasan     So  here in order to update the first name we need to send all the parameters of the data again   PATCH   Patch request says that we would only send the data that we need to modify without modifying or effecting other parts of the data  Ex  if we need to update only the first name  we pass only the first name   Please refer the below links for more information   https   jsonplaceholder typicode com   https   github com typicode jsonplaceholder how-to  What is the main difference between PATCH and PUT request   http   www restapitutorial com lessons httpmethods html

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Quite logical the difference between PUT  amp  PATCH w r t sending full  amp  partial data for replacing updating respectively  However  just couple of points as below   Sometimes POST is considered as for updates w r t PUT for create Does HTTP mandates checks for sending full vs partial data in PATCH  Otherwise  PATCH may be quite same as update as in PUT POST

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Request Types   create - POST read - GET create or update - PUT delete - DELETE update - PATCH   GET PUT is idempotent PATCH can be sometimes idempotent  What is idempotent - It means if we fire the query multiple times it should not afftect the result of it  same output Suppose a cow is pregnant and if we breed it again then it cannot be pregnent multiple times   get  -  simple get  Get the data from server and show it to user    id 1 name parth email x x com     post  -  create new resource at Database  It means it adds new data  Its not idempotent   put  -  Create new resource otherwise add to existing  Idempotent because it will update the same resource everytime and output will be the same  ex  - initial data    id 1 name parth email x x com      perform put-localhost 1 put email ppp ppp com     id 1 email ppp ppp com     patch  so now came patch request  PATCH can be sometimes idempotent  id 1 name parth email x x com     patch name w    id 1 name w email x x com      HTTP  Method GET     yes POST    no PUT     yes PATCH   no  OPTIONS yes HEAD    yes DELETE  yes   Resources   Idempotent -- What is Idempotency

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Simplest Explanation    POST - Create NEW record  PUT - If the record exists  update else  create a new record  PATCH - update  GET - read  DELETE - delete

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