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Gaston C. Hillar
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Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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Understanding the tasks performed by each HTTP method


Let's consider that http://localhost:8888/hexacopters/1 is the URL that identifies the hexacopter for our drone.

We have to compose and send an HTTP request with the following HTTP verb (PATCH) and request URL (http://localhost:8888/hexacopters/1) to set the hexacopter's motor speed in RPMs and its status. In addition, we have to provide the JSON key-value pairs with the necessary field name and the value to specify the desired speed. As a result of the request, the server will validate the provided values for the field, make sure that it is a valid speed and make the necessary calls to adjust the speed with an asynchronous execution. After the speed for the hexacopter is set, the server will return a 200 OK status code and a JSON body with the recently updated hexacopter values serialized to JSON:

PATCH http://localhost:8888/hexacopters/1 

We have to compose and send an HTTP request with the following HTTP verb (GET) and request URL (http...

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Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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