PUT, GET, POST Methods

Some other notes on PUT requests:

GET : Request to Read/Fetch the data from Database

Post : Request to Create data in Database.

PUT : Request to Modify the data in Database.

PATCH : Request to Modify the Partially Data

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PUT method is called when you have to modify a single resource

PUT method response can be cached

You can use UPDATE query in PUT

In PUT method, the client decides which URI resource should have

PUT works as specific

If you send the same PUT request multiple times, the result will remain the same

PUT method is idempotent

Some other notes on GET requests:

GET requests can be cached

GET requests remain in the browser history

GET requests can be bookmarked

GET requests should never be used when dealing with sensitive data

GET requests have length restrictions

GET requests are only used to request data (not modify)

Some other notes on POST requests:

POST requests are never cached

POST requests do not remain in the browser history

POST requests cannot be bookmarked

POST requests have no restrictions on data length

PUT and POST Methods Differences :

PUT method is called when you have to modify a single resource while POST method is called when you have to add a child resource.

PUT method response can be cached but you cannot cache POST method responses.

You can use UPDATE query in PUT whereas you can use create query in POST.

In PUT method, the client decides which URI resource should have, and in POST method, the server decides which URI resource should have.

PUT works as specific while POST work as abstract.

If you send the same PUT request multiple times, the result will remain the same but if you send the same POST request multiple times, you will receive different results.

PUT method is idempotent whereas POST method is not idempotent.