webclient upload file methods

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It seems that webclient supports PUT and POST uploading. Is there any difference?

See the first answer here: [What are the best/common RESTful url verbs and actions?][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/q/256349/1122029 — Jimmy James, Sep 11 '12 at 18:54

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '10 at 09:35

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Yes, one sends a PUT to the server, one sends a POST. In theory, PUT means "enclosed entity [should] be stored under the supplied Request-URI", and POST means "the entity enclosed in the request [i]s a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI"

But in practice, it's up to the server what to do.

answered Nov 21 '10 at 09:35

Matthew Flaschen

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I always see POST for HTTP and PUT for FTP. – Vitor Canova Sep 06 '11 at 14:04
POST and PUT are both HTTP methods. Separately, there are PUT and MPUT FTP commands. – Matthew Flaschen Sep 06 '11 at 14:45

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