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> i'd take this any day over a "proper" REST api requiring DELETE and PUT.

REST doesn't need to use any HTTP verbs other than GET and POST.

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REST doesn't need to use HTTP.

As rswail said, REST doesn't need to use HTTP at all, however, if it does then it "should" use it fully including using HTTP headers for metadata. In theory, of course, you don't need anything other than POST

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