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Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services

You're reading from   Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services Develop RESTful web services or APIs with modern Python 3.7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789532227
Length 500 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Developing RESTful APIs and Microservices with Flask 1.0.2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Models, SQLAlchemy, and Hyperlinked APIs in Flask 3. Improving Our API and Adding Authentication to it with Flask 4. Testing and Deploying an API in a Microservice with Flask 5. Developing RESTful APIs with Django 2.1 6. Working with Class-Based Views and Hyperlinked APIs in Django 2.1 7. Improving Our API and Adding Authentication to it with Django 8. Throttling, Filtering, Testing, and Deploying an API with Django 2.1 9. Developing RESTful APIs with Pyramid 1.10 10. Developing RESTful APIs with Tornado 5.1.1 11. Working with Asynchronous Code, Testing, and Deploying an API with Tornado 12. Assessment 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding the differences between the PUT and the PATCH methods

The HTTP PUT and PATCH methods have different purposes. The HTTP PUT method is meant to replace an entire resource. The HTTP PATCH method is meant to apply a delta to an existing resource.

Our API is able to update a single field for an existing resource, and therefore, we provide an implementation for the PATCH method. For example, we can use the PATCH method to update an existing notification and set the value for its displayed_once and displayed_times fields to true and 1.

We don't want to use the PUT method to update two fields because this method is meant to replace an entire notification. The PATCH method is meant to apply a delta to an existing notification, and therefore, it is the appropriate method to just change the value of those two fields.

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