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Creating OpenEdge REST Web Services : REST Applications : REST services in OpenEdge : Adding REST resources to a service : HTTP verbs
 
HTTP verbs
The four HTTP verbs supported by OpenEdge REST are associated with the four basic database CRUD operations, as shown in the following table.
Table 4. HTTP Verbs supported in OpenEdge REST URIs
HTTP Verb
CRUD Operation
Description
POST
Create
Create new item
GET
Read
Read existing item
PUT
Update
Add new item
DELETE
Delete
Remove existing item
The REST Expose Editor allows you to specify one or more HTTP methods for each URI resource name. After specifying the HTTP verb, you can associate the verb with a particular ABL procedure or user-defined function.
See Procedure mapping examples for more information