Update several objects with REST API

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I would like to know if there is a way (and of course if it is a good practice) to update a 'big' list of objects(>100 for example) through a single REST API call.

I know the REST API defines http GET,POST,PUT,DELETE

At the moment I do individuals calls to PUT with each single object.

May this create a lack of performance?

I found an article about PATCH Method HTTP , but I don't know if it is what I exactly need.

The technologies I am using are: ASP .NET WEBAPI2 AngularJS

sschrass · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-10 07:42:23Z

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HTTP-Put and Post should be the way to go. But since you are updating a collection, see if you can update the collection itself and not every entry in it. If it is a collection like "top 100 movies in 2014" this collection should have an id.

At the moment I do individuals calls to PUT with each single object. May this create a lack of performance?

Yes it does, for each request you have an overhead of information that has to be sent.

answered Oct 10, 2014 at 7:42

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blfuentes Over a year ago

Then, a way could be to associate an Id for the collection I retrieve from the server so I can use the PUT?

sschrass Over a year ago

yes, but don't to this if you just updating a few entries, then multiple puts for each object could be faster.

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