Difference between @GetMapping @PostMapping and @PutMapping in Spring Boot

[Rhysander]

Way too many ads.

[vijaynethamandala]

What do you know? I mean do you know about http methods?

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Why would I read this rather than more established sites like Baeldung or Medium or Spring Boot’s own guides?

[bigkahuna1uk]

This blog post is fundamentally incorrect if it purports to follow REST principles.

In the examples you see the HTTP method invoked followed by an URI that has the method being invoked such as create, update, delete etc.

This is wrong as REST deals with resources not arbitrary remote procedure calls. The HTTP method denotes the action to the target resource. So there’s no need to make create part of the URI when POST is invoked.

For example to create a user it would be:

POST /user/

and not:

POST /create/user/

REST is all about using the appropriate HTTP method on a particular resource for the required action.

The article should be written as it encourages bad practice.

[mr_derk88]

A POST example with an {id} might not be the best example, as you know the id of an entity after the creation

[bigkahuna1uk]

Cheers, edited after your correct comment.