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?

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Answer 1

I know I am a bit late but maybe this might be useful for others.

You can create a noun from your operation and use it as sub-resource: activate -> activation

Now you can use POST and DELETE on this sub-resource.

For example:

POST /projects/:id/activation       <-- activate project
DELETE /projects/:id/activation     <-- deleting the activation = deactivate

This pattern can work quite well for operations that toggle between on/off state of something.