RFC 5789

"PATCH Method for HTTP", March 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5789.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

L. Dusseault
J. Snell

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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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. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.