The use of HTTP verbs allows a clear understanding of what an operation is going to do. In general, the primary or most commonly used HTTP verbs are POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE, which stand for create, read, update (PATCH and PUT), and delete, respectively. Of course, there are also a lot of other verbs, but they are not used as frequently:
| Method | HTTP method description |
| GET | GET is the most common HTTP verb. Its function is to retrieve data from a server at the specified resource.
For example, a request made to the GET https://<HOST>/customers endpoint will retrieve all customers in a list format (if there is no pagination). There is also the possibility of retrieving a specific customer such as GET https://<HOST>/customers/1234; in this instance, only the customer with the 1234 ID will be retrieved. It is important to add... |
