Learning ASP.NET Web API (Video 38)

This video tutorial covers the use of HTTP verbs, highlighting their importance in web API services. It discusses common misuses, characteristics like safety and idempotency, and best practices for their application. The video emphasizes the correct use of verbs such as GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE, and provides examples of incorrect usage. It also outlines the importance of clean URLs and the use of query strings for additional information. The tutorial concludes with a summary and a preview of the next topic, HTTP status codes.

What are some common misuses of HTTP verbs mentioned in the video?

What are the characteristics of HTTP verbs in terms of safety and item potency?

Explain why 'GET' is considered safe and item potent.

What makes 'POST' not safe and not item potent?

Describe the correct usage of URLs in relation to HTTP verbs.