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David Amour
David Amour

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REST for non CRUD

If I have a React site with a .net REST backend, is t acceptable practice to use REST for non CRUD operations such as sending an email?

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Yavuz Tor •

It is acceptable to create REST api for resources that you don't save to disk, but operate on. The keyword is the "resource" here. You will need to conceptualize it as a resource. For the email example, you can have a POST action for an "email" resource.

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David Amour •

I was thinking the same thing. Thanks