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commit 5fd0240428e4774ac0d336d004bcf2f99edf71a6
Author:     Alberto Bellotti <abellotti.github.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 9 08:48:18 2017 -0500
Commit:     Satoe Imaishi <simaishi>
CommitDate: Tue Nov 14 17:40:45 2017 -0500

    Merge pull request #179 from jntullo/bz/put_patch_on_edit
    
    Return put and patch edit actions for resources
    (cherry picked from commit 3931588e5ff27962116f854bd9a3ad5fc6c02e89)
    
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511545

 app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb | 14 +++++++++++---
 spec/requests/authentications_spec.rb           | 13 ++++++++++---
 spec/requests/custom_actions_spec.rb            |  6 +++---
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

On 5.9.0.11 edit actions with put and patch are available only for some collections. For e.g. /api/providers it's not available, for /api/services it is available:

GET /api/providers/:id
{
...
    "actions": [
        {
            "name": "edit",
            "method": "post",
            "href": "https://<addr>/api/providers/5"
        },
        {
            "name": "refresh",
            "method": "post",
            "href": "https://<addr>/api/providers/5"
        },
        {
            "name": "delete",
            "method": "post",
            "href": "https://<addr>/api/providers/5"
        },
        {
            "name": "delete",
            "method": "delete",
            "href": "https://<addr>/api/providers/5"
        }
    ]
}

Hi Martin--

If you look at the api.yml, you'll be able to see when put/patch should be listed. For example, for the providers endpoint, only post is specified (https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api/blob/master/config/api.yml#L1848) via *gpd. Therefore, put and patch are not supported at this time. On the other hand, for Services, all of the verbs are specified (https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-api/blob/master/config/api.yml#L2586). 

Let me know if this provides clarity.

Thanks!
- Jillian

Thanks for explanation Jillian.