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Reddirt
Reddirt

Reputation: 5953

rails RESTful updates

In Rails, should you be able to update a field using a URL. Is that called RESTful?

For example, should something similar to this work to update workorder.wostatus_id for workorder with id=2?

http://localhost:5000/workorders/2?wostatus_id=4

Thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 434

Answers (2)

Darren Coxall
Darren Coxall

Reputation: 1208

In the case you've provided that shouldn't work as updates should be performed via a PUT request although if the URL was requested via PUT then it should work.

Remember the idea is that:

  • GET to access and retrieve data
  • PUT to update data
  • POST to create data
  • DELETE to remove data

EDIT: Often the actual parameter names can vary depending on the controller implementation so in rails you often find ?workorder[wostatus_id]=4, where it will reference the model name.

Upvotes: 1

Chris Doggett
Chris Doggett

Reputation: 20757

You will have to call a URL to perform any updates, but you'll need to use a POST or PUT request. POST to create, PUT to update, but I believe Rails uses "data-action" attribute for PUTs, then actually calls POST behind the scenes.

Just putting the URL in a browser, like the one you gave, will by default perform a GET request, which should never be used to change data, only to retrieve it.

Here's a good tutorial that explains the basics of REST: REST API tutorial

The Rest for Rails screencast is pretty helpful, as well.

Upvotes: 1

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