HTTP method primer for RESTful web services

The following is just a reminder to stop me from getting confused ;-) GET Used to fetch a resource. The server sends back a representation of the resource in the response body. Safe operation (see below). DELETE Used to delete a resource. The response from a server may contain a status message or nothing at all. It is usually nice to send back at least a 204 (No Content). Idempotent operation (see below)....