Additional web request formats
As I mentioned in the The web request blueprint section at the beginning of the chapter, you have a menu of choices when it comes to what kind of web request operation you want to run.
Let’s break down the most common request types in the following table:
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Request type |
Definition |
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Requests data from a specific address (read-only, no effect on the data itself) |
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Sends data to a server (creates a new data resource or updates an existing one) |
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Replaces data with new data (completely overwrites the existing data resource) |
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