How to implement a RESTful PUT URL if the primary key is unknown before the resource is created?

Question

I see how this will work:

/ user / 456

with GET, POST and DELETE, but not with PUT, if the caller somehow does not know the next primary key or he himself ... how to do it?

The PUT method requests that the enclosed object be stored under the provided Request-URI.

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Bigomega Jun 08 '11 at 17:58

1 answer

Tom Christie · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09T00:45:43+0000

The client must send a POST request /userto create resources.
Then the server should return a response 201 CREATED, with the resource URI in Location.
GET/PUT/DELETE URI // .