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I have some resource- UserProfile

public UserProfile
{
   public string Email{get;set;}
   public string Password{get;set;}
}

I want to change Email and Password separatly (only one for user at same time). I have web api controller for example /api/user/123 that handle requests in RESTful style. Follow the RESTful style i should have one method PUT which update the resource, but i have two task that update the same resource api/user/123. I need to add some feature to PUT request body like {email:'[email protected]', changeType:'email'} or {password:'12345678',changeType:'password' } to write some if in my PUT method ? Or there is some other way to update my resource in RESTful style ?

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You have two options for updating email and password separately.

A) Don't use PUT, use POST

B) Create child resources for updating the individual elements, e.g.

PUT /api/user/123/email

And

PUT /api/user/123/password
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Thanks, I've understood B), but I can't understand A) how I can use one method POST to separately update email and password ? – kolesso Feb 4 '14 at 14:41
    
You could use POST by putting the details in the body. However, B is more RESTful. – Mike Dunker Feb 4 '14 at 17:09
    
@MikeDunker More RESTful based on what criteria of REST. Creating micro resources such as those in example B can make a real mess of caching. There are pros and cons to both approaches. "RESTfulness" is not a particularly useful measure. – Darrel Miller Feb 4 '14 at 17:28
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[HttpPut]
public HttpResponseMessage PutProduct(Product p)
{
    Product pro = _products.Find(pr => pr.Id == p.Id);

    if (pro == null)
        return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);

    pro.Id = p.Id;
    pro.Name = p.Name;
    pro.Description = p.Description;

    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
}
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An explaination is always better. – Jérémie Bertrand Sep 1 at 13:52

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