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user2636197
user2636197

Reputation: 4122

REST url structure for PUT request

In my app a user can change his password/name/etc by sending a PUT request to myapp.dev/user

When I send the request I have a authorization header for basic auth. So the backend will then find the user by checking the auth header.

But should I change my url to this instead: myapp.dev/user/user_id

When I check other API's I see that some include an id and some not, so what is the best practise?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 121

Answers (2)

Derrick
Derrick

Reputation: 1606

Definitely don't recommend adding the user_id if the context of the user_id is received elsewhere. Just adds extra burden and test cases.

I've seen either no id at all or "me" as a placeholder.

Upvotes: 0

Mina Abadir
Mina Abadir

Reputation: 2981

This will depend greatly on how you structure your app. In your case as the user is updating own profile. I strongly recommend dropping the id from the URI. Also it will save you the effort of identifying own user id, to send the correct endpoint.

Upvotes: 2

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