Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Updating fields for a resource with the PATCH method

Now we will compose and send an HTTP request to update an existing notification, specifically, to update the value of the displayed_once and displayed_times fields. Because we just want to update two fields, we will use the PATCH method instead of PUT. Make sure you replace 2 with the ID or primary key of an existing notification in your configuration. The code file for the sample is included in the restful_python_2_03_01 folder, in the Flask01/cmd307.txt file:

http PATCH ":5000/service/notifications/2" displayed_once=true displayed_times=1

The following is the equivalent curl command. The code file for the sample is included in the restful_python_2_03_01 folder, in the Flask01/cmd308.txt ...