--- title: Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates description: Stripe and Twilio deviate from true REST principles by using POST instead of PUT to update resources. This has implications for how applications work and the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates | daily.dev og:description: Stripe and Twilio deviate from true REST principles by using POST instead of PUT to update resources. This has implications for how applications work and the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yDWJS8Cul.png og:image:alt: Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stripe and Twilio deviate from true REST principles by using POST instead of PUT to update resources. This has implications for how applications work and the consistency of API operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#stripe](https://daily.dev/tags/stripe), [#twilio](https://daily.dev/tags/twilio) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul"},"datePublished":"2024-02-07T12:49:43.868Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Stripe and Twilio deviate from true REST principles by using POST instead of PUT to update resources. This has implications for how applications work and the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/61eb1b9d4e785ff7f0ad1cfbb973d647?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/61eb1b9d4e785ff7f0ad1cfbb973d647?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"API Evangelist","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"API Evangelist","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a36244ae67bc4f41a605f780267ecb5f","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/twilio-and-stripe-do-not-use-put-for-http-resource-updates-ydwjs8cul","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"rest-api,stripe,twilio","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"API Evangelist","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Twilio and Stripe Do Not Use PUT For HTTP Resource Updates"}]} ```