Rest api - update single field of resource

Question

Lets say I have rest endpoint for my Driver resource. I have PUT method like this

myapi/drivers/{id}

{body of put method}

I need to add functi

Answer 1

Use PATCH Http metod to update one field

PATCH myapi/drivers/{id}/enable

Answer 2

This is exactly what the HTTP method PATCH is made for. It is used in cases where the resource has many fields but you only want to update a few.

Just like with PUT, you send a request to myapi/drivers/{id}. However, unlike with PUT, you only send the fields you want to change in the request body.

Creating endpoints like myapi/drivers/{id}/enable is not very RESTful, as "enable" can't really be called a resource on its own.

For an example implementation of a Spring PATCH endpoint, please see this link.