为什么 Stripe 使用 Post 方法来更新资源

Question

According to the RFC Put is used to update an existing resource.

但是，Stripe API 使用 Post 来更新对象。这是为什么？

  update: stripeMethod({
    method: 'POST',
    path: '{id}',
  }),

update method调用POST

我知道没有 Patch 方法，因为每次调用都必须发送整个资源，为什么在这种情况下不使用 Put HTTP 动词？

（与 an SO question about the Facebook API, the resource is identifiable by a single ID that is passed in the URL) eg the URL is simply /v1/customers/:id

中的示例不同

Answer 1

有趣的问题！来自 your link:

The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an already existing resource, the enclosed entity SHOULD be considered as a modified version of the one residing on the origin server. [emphasis mine]

这意味着您必须 PUT 整个资源（更改和未更改都一样）。很少有 API 是这样设计的。

来自spec for POST:

The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform method to cover the following functions:

Annotation of existing resources;

Many/most API 已采用 POST 作为更新对象的方式。

这里有一些额外的想法：

为什么 Stripe 使用 Post 方法来更新资源

Why does Stripe use the Post method for updating resources

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stripe-payments

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