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<p>The POST verb is most-often utilized for creation of new resources. In particular, it's used to create subordinate resources. That is, subordinate to some other (e.g. parent) resource. In other words, when creating a new resource, POST to the parent and the service takes care of associating the new resource with the parent, assigning an ID (new resource URI), etc.</p> <p>The POST verb is most-often utilized for creation of new resources. In particular, it's used to create subordinate resources. That is, subordinate to some other (e.g. parent) resource. In other words, when creating a new resource, POST to the parent and the service takes care of associating the new resource with the parent, assigning an ID (new resource URI), etc.</p>
<p>On successful creation, return HTTP status 201, returning a Location header with a link to the newly-created resource with the 201 HTTP status.</p> <p>On successful creation, return HTTP status 201, returning a Location header with a link to the newly-created resource with the 201 HTTP status.</p>
<p>POST is neither safe or idempotent. It is therefore recommended for non-idempotent resource requests. Making two identical POST requests will most-likely result in two resources containing the same information.</p> <p>POST is neither safe nor idempotent. It is therefore recommended for non-idempotent resource requests. Making two identical POST requests will most-likely result in two resources containing the same information.</p>
<p><strong>Examples:</strong></p> <p><strong>Examples:</strong></p>
<ul> <ul>
<li><em>POST http://www.example.com/customers</em></li> <li><em>POST http://www.example.com/customers</em></li>