- UPDATE/course/324234
- GET /course/324234
- DELETE /course/324234
with predictable results.
Of course, it works better when you have a clear hierarchy of resources, and/or it make sense to do UPDATE/GET/DELETE to the resources with clear results.
I think it works for some cases very well, but I don't think is always the way to go. That said, there are a sensible number of "RESTful APIs" that are not RESTful at all, they just uses HTTP.
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REST makes useful to be able to do:
- UPDATE/course/324234 - GET /course/324234 - DELETE /course/324234
with predictable results.
Of course, it works better when you have a clear hierarchy of resources, and/or it make sense to do UPDATE/GET/DELETE to the resources with clear results.
I think it works for some cases very well, but I don't think is always the way to go. That said, there are a sensible number of "RESTful APIs" that are not RESTful at all, they just uses HTTP.