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crud · the four basic ops

RestaVSThe 401 Bandit

Resta saysCRUD maps the four basic operations to HTTP methods on a resource.

Create-Read-Update-Delete is the lifecycle of most data, and REST maps it cleanly: POST (create), GET (read), PUT/PATCH (update), DELETE (delete). Master this mapping and you can model the majority of an API's endpoints by rote — the rest is filtering, relationships, and special actions.

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Create→POST, Read→GET
Update→PUT/PATCH, Delete→DELETE
Covers most data endpoints
Then add filtering, relations, actions

The 401 Bandit attacks — common mistakes

Using POST for reads
PUT when you meant a partial PATCH
Modeling actions that don’t fit CRUD as awkward resources

Boss battleWrite the full CRUD endpoint set for a /tasks resource.

Example code

<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body style="background:#06040d;color:#e6e0ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>POST   /tasks     create
GET    /tasks/9   read
PATCH  /tasks/9   update
DELETE /tasks/9   delete</pre></body></html>

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