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		TorKlingberg on March 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dudes, this is so not REST I am all with you on using GET and POST properly, but is there any REST API that actually uses PUT and DELETE?

wahnfrieden on March 15, 2011 [–]

Take a look at Sun Cloud API. It's one of the best examples.

For APIs that need regular browser support, it's fine to add fallbacks like query params to specify PUT or DELETE. But these are hacks.

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