To my understanding it is all about building resources and nouns that respond to the HTTP verbs.
Instead of sending a GET request to http://www.example.co.uk/user/create , you PUT to http://www.example.co.uk/user
Similarly you POST to user/151 if you wish to update him.
It really is that simple.
There is one Gotcha though. If you want to delete user 151, you send a DELETE request to /user/151, you can then perfectly validly send another DELETE request to /user/151 because it is a word new to me, Idempotent, which roughly means you can do the same request to the same noun and the system will not change.
If I were to PUT (create) the same user twice, it is also idempotent and should only have the first user assuming you have some valid way of identifying duplicates.
There is one Gotcha though. If you want to delete user 151, you send a DELETE request to /user/151, you can then perfectly validly send another DELETE request to /user/151 because it is a word new to me, Idempotent, which roughly means you can do the same request to the same noun and the system will not change.
If I were to PUT (create) the same user twice, it is also idempotent and should only have the first user assuming you have some valid way of identifying duplicates.
