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Should PUT create the resource if it doesn't exist ?
See original GitHub issueStep to reproduce
- create a resource
postindb.json - send the following request
PUT/post
{
"author": "someone",
"content": "this project is awesome"
}
Actual Behaviour
The request fail and returns 404
Expected Behaviour
The resource is created and 201 is returned
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 7 years ago
- Reactions:5
- Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)
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Any updates for this?
this should be a bug, now is 2019