Comments on: Using PATCH

By: Subbu Allamaraju

Subbu Allamaraju — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:51:26 +0000

That page requires a Safari login and access to the electronic copy. Perhaps you’re not logged in?

By: Michael Hausenblas

Michael Hausenblas — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:19:57 +0000

Subbu,

Thanks for the post! I tried to have a look at the PATCH example [1] but after a redirect it 404s – any help with this?

Cheers,
Michael

[1] http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780596809140/recipe-how-to-use-patch

By: Scott Banwart's Blog » Blog Archive » Distributed Weekly 45

Scott Banwart's Blog » Blog Archive » Distributed Weekly 45 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:42:45 +0000

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By: subbu

subbu — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:10:59 +0000

@Bill: Yes – PATCH can inherently seem like tunneling a number of write instructions (such as increment X, delete Y, add Z etc.) in a single representation. Is that tunneling? Perhaps. If those micro updates need to be visible at the protocol level, then PATCH is the wrong method to use. If not, I don’t see a problem.

By: Bill Burke

Bill Burke — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:25:33 +0000

When you describe using PATCH in this way, doesn’t it seem like PATCH just becomes a way to tunnel a method invocation? So far, I’d just much rather model this in hypermedia.

By: This Week in #REST – Volume 10 (Mar 29 2010 – Apr 4 2010) « This week in REST

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:27:15 +0000

[...] representation? – Thoughts about calling REST representation-based instead of resource-based. Using PATCH – On why it’s better to develop application specific representations for partial PATCH [...]

By: subbu

subbu — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:42:12 +0000

So, what value is PATCH bringing to the table if you need application-specific diff formats? Why not just use POST?

Good question – but I don’t see how PATCH is related to the representation format. IMO, these are orthogonal. Moreover, I am not sure if you can keep application specifics away from the representation formats. We tried with Atom, and we know how well it went.

By: Mark Nottingham

Mark Nottingham — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:34:54 +0000

Urgh. So, what value is PATCH bringing to the table if you need application-specific diff formats? Why not just use POST?

I’d rather live in a world where the applications “business rules” weren’t so tied up in the representation that you can’t update a bit of state without breaking something. Sure, this isn’t going to fit all applications, but maybe those applications shouldn’t be using PATCH…

By: goldoraf (Raphaël Rougeron)

goldoraf (Raphaël Rougeron) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:20:26 +0000

Using PATCH HTTP method : http://www.subbu.org/blog/2010/04/using-patch