RESTful URL for “Activate”

Question

I have a resource (project) which can be activated and deactivated.
What\'s the most RESTful URL endpoint for this purpose?

Right now I\'m thinking abou

Answer 1

Your can send your requests just to projects/{id} and use PATCH (as you're updating existing object) verb, e.g.

PATCH /projects/123

[
    { "op": "activate|deactivate", ... }
]

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