Using HTTP methods with REST APIs

uses REST (Representational State Transfer) to implement the interface between clients and the system. In the REST-based APIs, HTTP methods indicate the actions that you want to perform and URLs indicate the targets of your actions.

You might have technical restrictions that prevent you from using certain methods common to REST-based APIs, such as PUT and DELETE. To help you avoid this issue, you can tunnel these methods within a standard POST command by adding one of the following query parameters to the request:

• For the DELETE method:

  &method=delete

• For the PUT method:

  &method=put