Using PATCH to update data

When working with RESTful Web Services, the HTTP PATCH method is used to update entities. We will use the HTTP Basic Authentication to authenticate our user and update a node.

In this recipe, we will use the exposed node endpoint to create a new piece of article content through the RESTful Web Services module.

Getting ready

We will use the Article content type provided by the standard installation. Following the Enabling RESTful interfaces recipe, you should have the REST UI module added to your Drupal installation using Composer. This can be done with the following command:

cd /path/to/drupal8
composer require drupal/restui

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