@PutMapping and @DeleteMapping in Spring Boot - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a method that handles HTTP PUT requests.

Spring Boot

@[1]("/update")
public ResponseEntity<String> updateItem() {
    return ResponseEntity.ok("Item updated");
}

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APutMapping

BGetMapping

CPostMapping

DDeleteMapping

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using @GetMapping instead of @PutMapping

Using @PostMapping for updates

Confusing @DeleteMapping with @PutMapping

The @PutMapping annotation is used to handle HTTP PUT requests, which are typically used to update resources.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to create a method that handles HTTP DELETE requests.

Spring Boot

@[1]("/delete/{id}")
public ResponseEntity<String> deleteItem(@PathVariable Long id) {
    return ResponseEntity.ok("Item deleted");
}

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APutMapping

BGetMapping

CDeleteMapping

DPostMapping

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using @PutMapping instead of @DeleteMapping

Using @GetMapping for deletions

Missing @PathVariable annotation

The @DeleteMapping annotation is used to handle HTTP DELETE requests, which are used to delete resources.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the method annotation to correctly handle HTTP PUT requests.

Spring Boot

@[1]("/modify")
public ResponseEntity<String> modifyItem() {
    return ResponseEntity.ok("Item modified");
}

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ADeleteMapping

BRequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.PUT)

CPutMapping

DPostMapping

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using @DeleteMapping for PUT requests

Using @PostMapping instead of PUT

Missing method attribute in @RequestMapping

Using @RequestMapping with method = RequestMethod.PUT is a valid way to handle PUT requests, especially if you want to specify the HTTP method explicitly.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a method that handles HTTP DELETE requests and extracts the path variable.

Spring Boot

@[1]("/remove/{id}")
public ResponseEntity<String> removeItem(@[2] Long id) {
    return ResponseEntity.ok("Removed item " + id);
}

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ADeleteMapping

BPutMapping

CPathVariable

DRequestParam

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using @RequestParam instead of @PathVariable

Using @PutMapping instead of @DeleteMapping

Forgetting to annotate the method parameter

The method uses @DeleteMapping to handle DELETE requests and @PathVariable to extract the 'id' from the URL path.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a method that handles HTTP PUT requests, extracts a path variable, and consumes JSON data.

Spring Boot

@[1](value = "/edit/{id}", consumes = "application/json")
public ResponseEntity<String> editItem(@[2] Long id, @[3] Item item) {
    return ResponseEntity.ok("Edited item " + id);
}

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APutMapping

BPathVariable

CRequestBody

DDeleteMapping

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using @DeleteMapping instead of @PutMapping

Using @RequestParam instead of @PathVariable

Forgetting @RequestBody for JSON input

The method uses @PutMapping to handle PUT requests, @PathVariable to get the 'id' from the URL, and @RequestBody to get the JSON data from the request body.