Bulk Collection Manipulation through a REST (RESTful) API

Question

I\'d like some advice on designing a REST API which will allow clients to add/remove large numbers of objects to a collection efficiently.

Via the API, clients need

Answer 1

Yes, PUT creates/overwrites, but does not partially update.

If you need partial update semantics, use PATCH. See http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-dusseault-http-patch-14.html.