Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of S3REST

Timestamp:

03/01/10 02:02:31 (15 years ago)

Author:

Dominic König

Comment:

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S3REST

@@ -16 +16 @@
 === REST Methods ===
 
-It is critical to understand that RESTful requests have two components that determine the response:
+It is critical to understand how RESTful requests work.
+
+A RESTful requests has two components:
 
   - the URL addresses the resource
@@ -28 +30 @@
   - a function in the application related to one of the above resource types
 
+The finally executed response action depends on the HTTP/method and on the type of resource addressed by the URL, e.g.
+
+  - if the method is "GET" and the resource addressed is a database table, then the response will be a list of the records in that table
+  - if the method is "PUT" and the resource addressed is a record in a table, then the response will be an update of that record with the data from the request body
 === CRUD Method Handlers ===