I believe post is for creating with posted value(s). Put would be just a modification without posted value. E.g. "PUT /users/123/disabled" would disable a user.

I believe post is for creating with posted value(s). Put would be just a modification without posted value. E.g. "PUT /users/123/disabled" would disable a user. Edit: after reading, POST is for creating with an unknown identifier (think INSERT w/ auto-generated PK) whereas PUT is for creating or updating (if already present) with a known identifier (think UPSERT w/ a manually entered PK).