Nouns, verbs and well-formed URIs At the very least, a RESTful API respects REST's uniform interface constraint in two ways: Using nouns in RESTful URIs to ensure web service operations work on ...

DELETE to remove a resource. PUT to replace or create a resource. PATCH to update a resource. POST to manipulate a resource without idempotence. Don't ever let a verb sneak into your URIs. If an ...