The PUT method replaces all current representations of the target resource with the request payload.
The PUT method
The PUT method requests that the state of the target resource be created or replaced with the state defined by the representation enclosed in the request message payload. A successful PUT of a given representation would suggest that a subsequent GET on that same target resource will result in an equivalent representation being sent in a 200 (OK) response. However, there is no guarantee that such a state change will be observable, since the target resource might be acted upon by other user agents in parallel, or might be subject to dynamic processing by the origin server, before any subsequent GET is received. A successful response only implies that the user agent's intent was achieved at the time of its processing by the origin server.
If the target resource does not have a current representation and the PUT successfully creates one, then the origin server MUST inform the user agent by sending a 201 (Created) response. If the target resource does have a current representation and that representation is successfully modified in accordance with the state of the enclosed representation, then the origin server MUST send either a 200 (OK) or a 204 (No Content) response to indicate successful completion of the request.
See also
Other verbs:
verb-DELETE,
verb-GET,
verb-HEAD,
verb-PATCH,
verb-POST
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
x <- HttpClient$new(url = "https://hb.opencpu.org")
x$put(path = 'put', body = list(foo = "bar"))
} # }