I prefer REST for mainly aesthetic reasons: the URLs are pretty, and in Rails I can handle different HTTP actions in the same method, which usually ends up bein

I prefer REST for mainly aesthetic reasons: the URLs are pretty, and in Rails I can handle different HTTP actions in the same method, which usually ends up being some clean code: def index if request.put? update_stuff end # get/put render same response content end One of the unexpected benefits of intercooler.js has been that I can use REST-fully designed end points for my html-partial endpoints, and it all just "looks right", even though it isn't a traditional JSON API.