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keefe on June 19, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: PUT or POST: The REST of the Story

It was a nitpicky comment, I guess cause I am contemplating the meaning of idempotent. Two identical PUTs on an existing doc will not change the database so I guess that's OK, but their response will be different insofar as the 2nd will fail.

epochwolf on June 19, 2010 [–]

I don't think the failed response matters. You can replay a PUT request without altering the state on the server. (Aside from the single object you're manipulating.) Replaying a POST gets you two objects with the same data.

keefe on June 19, 2010 | [–]

I think you're right because the 2nd PUT doesn't change the value of variables on the server.

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