Thanks to Daniel A. White’s comment, I got the following working. using (var client = new HttpClient()) { var request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod(“PATCH”), “your-api-endpoint”); try { response = await client.SendAsync(request); } catch (HttpRequestException ex) { // Failed } } EDIT: For .NET (Core) see @LxL answer.
HTTP/1.1 did not define the PATCH method. HTTP/1.1 does leave itself open for clients and/or servers to add new methods. RFC 5789 defined the conventions for using the PATCH method. The method defined within a HTTP request is nothing more than a string. Browsers should allow JavaScript to use whatever HTTP method it wants in … Read more
It’s not safe because in general you can’t safely execute a PATCH request without changing a resource (That’s what it’s for). So why is PATCH not idempotent compared to PUT? It’s because it matters how you apply your changes. If you’d like to change the name property of a resource, you might send something like … Read more
Serializers allow partial updates by specifying partial=True when initializing the serialzer. This is how PATCH requests are handled by default in the generic views. serializer = CommentSerializer(comment, data=request.data, partial=True) This will allow you to update individual fields in a serializer, or all of the fields if you want, without any of the restrictions of a … Read more
The PATCH method is the correct choice here as you’re updating an existing resource – the group ID. PUT should only be used if you’re replacing a resource in its entirety. Further information on partial resource modification is available in RFC 5789. Specifically, the PUT method is described as follows: Several applications extending the Hypertext … Read more
Difference between PUT, POST, GET, DELETE and PATCH in HTTP Verbs: The most commonly used HTTP verbs POST, GET, PUT, DELETE are similar to CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations in database. We specify these HTTP verbs in the capital case. So, the below is the comparison between them. Create – POST Read – … Read more