PUT is used by FB to update the comment because an existing resource is being updated, and that is what PUT does (updates a resource). PUT happens to be idempotent, in contrast to POST.

Nov 8, 2011 · Can I use a PUT method in an HTML form to send data from the form to a server?

Mar 24, 2014 · The difference between POST and PUT is that PUT is idempotent, that means, calling the same PUT request multiple times will always produce the same result (that is no side effect), …

Dec 8, 2012 · How do I test a RESTful PUT (or DELETE) method using cURL?

Apr 28, 2009 · I was wondering what people's opinions are of a RESTful PUT operation that returns nothing (null) in the response body.

Jun 27, 2015 · Difference between PUT, POST, GET, DELETE and PATCH in HTTP Verbs: The most commonly used HTTP verbs POST, GET, PUT, DELETE are similar to CRUD (Create, Read, …

Since PUT requests include the entire entity, if you issue the same request repeatedly, it should always have the same outcome (the data you sent is now the entire data of the entity). Therefore PUT is …

I'm building a RESTful API using Zend Framework via the Zend_Rest_Route. For uploading of files, should I use PUT or POST to handle the process? I'm trying to be as consistent as possible with the

Step 3: Go to "Start" and get into the "My Computer" properties Step 4: The dialog for Environment variable will open like this: Step 5: Go to path and click on edit. Step 6: Put the path of your JDK …

Can I use POST instead of PUT method? Yes, you can. HTML forms, for example, use POST for all writes. If POST can do work of PUT method, why PUT method is required? It didn't use to be. In …