Restful Methods: http PATCH and http HEAD etc

[Mike Kerner]

no, put won't work on mobile.  You have to use post - I forget which of the
methods uses post, but one of them does.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:28 PM, David Bovill <david.bovill at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Mike - found the library and it looks like there are indeed a few
> good tips in the code. There is this comment for instance:
>
>    -- on desktop can use HTTP PUT
>
> followed by the line:
>
>   put pData into URL tURL
>
> So it looks like it is possible to use HTTP PUT - but does this work on iOS
> / mobile I wander? Still this won;t help with HTTP PATCH and HTTP HEAD. I'd
> actually be happy if it worked on mobile and not yet on the Desktop.
>
>
> Can;t find documentation on any of this (I think the above should be added
> to the dictionary) - or the mobile specific aspects?
>
>
>
> On 16 September 2013 19:43, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
> > have a look at the phx_dropbox library that gugliermo wrote.  It is now
> six
> > iterations in, works on both desktop and mobile, and is all REST.  It has
> > techniques, tricks, and ideas in it that can help guide you toward
> writing
> > a REST API library for Salesforce.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:35 PM, David Bovill <david at architex.tv> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking to experiment with the SalesForce REST
> > > API<
> > >
> >
> http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/index_Left.htm#StartTopic=Content/quickstart.htm
> > > >.
> > > Like a number of such API's it makes use of a number of http verbs like
> > > GET, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD.  PATCH for instance will update a database
> > > record. Any thoughts on how to implement this?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 26 February 2010 17:10, David Bovill <david at architex.tv> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there any way to issue and HTTP DELETE command from Rev natively
> > (not
> > > > using curl?) - AFAIK this has not been added?
> > > >
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On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."