HTTP Verbs

The REST API supports the following HTTP verbs for applying actions to resources:

Verb	Description
`HEAD`	Retrieves only the HTTP header of a resource. Applicable to all resources.
`GET`	Retrieves the current state of a resource, including the content.
`POST`	Creates a new resource in a collection, or invoke an RPC-style call on a resource.
`PUT`	Updates the state of a resource.
`DELETE`	Deletes a resource.
`PATCH`	Makes partial changes to an existing resource. It provides an entity containing a list of changes to be applied to the resource requested using the HTTP URI. The list of changes are supplied in the form of a `PATCH` document.
`LOCK`	Locks a resource
`UNLOCK`	Unlocks a resource

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