Update rosources using PATCH

Question

Given a resource

id: string;
name: string;
createdDate: number;
consumedDate: number; // unix
rejectedDate: number; 

If I have some logic related to rejectedDate, can I use a rest Patch Method to update only rejectedDate?

Like PATCH /resource/:id/rejectedDate

body:  { rejectedDate: '2020-01-01' }

Is this bad practice?

Answer 1

You can use

ROUTE: /resource/:id
METHODE: PATCH
BODY: { rejectedDate: '2020-01-01', .... other fields to update if needed }

Actually, the best practice is to have

• GET: /resources - for the getting a list
• GET: /resources/:id - for the getting by id
• POST: /resources - for the creating a new one
• PATCH: /resources/:id - for the partially updating
• PUT: /resources/:id - for the complete replacement of the item
• DELETE: /resources/:id - for removing item by id