HTTP verbs

HTTP verbs are the different methods that are used to define the action that we want to execute for the resources. The most used HTTP verbs are GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. HTTP verbs are the request methods that make it possible to communicate between multiple applications. These HTTP verbs make it possible to perform several actions on a resource without needing to alter the URLs entirely. Let's look into each of these in more detail.

GET

GET requests are the idempotent requests. This is used when we want to fetch the information about resources. This does not modify or delete the resource. The equivalent CRUD operation for GET requests is READ, which means it only fetches the information and that's it. An example URL for a GET request is:

• To fetch all records:

GET http://www.example.com/users

• To fetch information about a single user:

GET http://www.example.com/users/{user_id}

POST

The equivalent CRUD operation for the POST request is CREATE. This is used with new records to the...