Which HTTP methods are called Idempotent?

An HTTP method is idempotent if an identical request can be made once or several times in a row with the same effect while leaving the server in the same state. 

Idempotents methods: GET, HEAD, PUT, and DELETE.

Non-Idempotent methods: POST. PATCH is not necessarily idempotent, although it can be.

OIC - Rest HTTP Verb Put vs Patch

Following HTTP verbs are available:

GET: Retrieves information. If you select this option, you can not configure a request payload for this endpoint.

PUT: Updates information.

POST: Creates information.

DELETE: Deletes information. If you select this option, you can not configure a request payload for this endpoint.

PATCH: Partially updates existing resources. The patch verb does not work with a non-SSL rest service.

PUT vs PATCH:

The HTTP PATCH method offers a way to apply partial updates to resources. As a result, clients need to send only the differences in their request.

Where as, HTTP PUT method replaces or updates a resource entirely.

For example, /Users >>

{"User":"abc","Email":"abc@domain.com"}

PUT: It includes all parameters 

PUT /Users/1

{

"User":"cde",

"Email": "cde@gmail.com"

}

PATCH: It includes the one to be updated.

PATCH /Users/1

{

"Email":"cde@gmail.com"

}

XSD - Opaque schema

Opaque schema:

<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>  

<schema targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/adapter/opaque/"

            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

      <element name="opaqueElement" type="base64Binary" />

    </schema>

OIC - Read Json data received as json string

Steps:

• Write Received Json string to stage directory as binary content using stage action oraext:encodeBase64() function and an opaque schema.
• Read data written in the stage directory using stage read action and sample json file as reference.
• Map the read json to response of the integration.

Rest configure input and output:

Input xsd:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>

<Input xmlns="www.oracle.com"/testing">

<JsonDataInString></JsonDataInString>

</Input>

Output json:

{

"Id":"",

"Name":""

}

Opaque xsd to write in stage binary:

<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>  

<schema targetNamespace="http://xmlns.oracle.com/pcbpel/adapter/opaque/"

            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" >

<element name="opaqueElement" type="base64Binary" />

</schema>

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