RFC 5789 - PATCH Method for HTTP

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The PATCH Method
  • 2.1. A Simple PATCH Example
  • 2.2. Error Handling
• 3. Advertising Support in OPTIONS
  • 3.1. The Accept-Patch Header
  • 3.2. Example OPTIONS Request and Response
• 4. IANA Considerations
  • 4.1. The Accept-Patch Response Header
• 5. Security Considerations
• 6. References
  • 6.1. Normative References
  • 6.2. Informative References
• Appendix A. Acknowledgements

Abstract

Several applications extending the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) require a feature to do partial resource modification. The existing HTTP PUT method only allows a complete replacement of a document. This proposal adds a new HTTP method, PATCH, to modify an existing HTTP resource.

Status of This Memo

This is an Internet Standards Track document.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5789.

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Authors

• L. Dusseault, Linden Lab
• J. Snell

Publication Date

March 2010