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17. HTTP method handlers (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
Create route handlers for standard HTTP methods and apply semantic differences between them.
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HTTP method handlers (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
Route handlers map HTTP methods to specific behavior: read with GET, create with POST, replace with PUT, modify with PATCH, and remove with DELETE.
"I want my API to treat 'update' and 'replace' differently without messy conditionals."
HTTP method handlers are functions bound to the same URL path that run different logic depending on the request method, reflecting different semantics (retrieve, create, replace, modify, delete).
"I want my API to treat 'update' and 'replace' differently without messy conditionals."
HTTP method handlers are functions bound to the same URL path that run different logic depending on the request method, reflecting different semantics (retrieve, create, replace, modify, delete).