Building RESTful Python Web Services

Understanding the tasks performed by each HTTP method

In the preceding table, the GET HTTP verb appears twice but with two different scopes. The first row shows a GET HTTP verb applied to a collection of games (collection of resources) and the second row shows a GET HTTP verb applied to a game (a single resource).

Let's consider that http://localhost:8000/games/ is the URL for the collection of games. If we add a number and a slash (/) to the preceding URL, we identify a specific game whose id or primary key is equal to the specified numeric value. For example, http://localhost:8000/games/12/ identifies the game whose id or primary key is equal to 12.

We have to compose and send an HTTP request with the following HTTP verb (POST) and request URL ...