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Stefan de Konink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder why we cannot switch to:
>
> PUT /api/0.6
> {{ Payload }}
>
>
> This payload contains:
>
> <osm>
> <object withid>
> <object withoutid>
> </osm>
>
>
> This would mean that object that has an node/way/relation nodetag and an
> id to be updated. And an object without an id be created. In upload
> sequence an id can be returned.
Well of course we could, the question is what is the benefit of
making the change and is that sufficient to outweigh the costs.
> The proposed change makes:
> - The QUERY_STRING to be irrelevant
It already is. No current API request uses QUERY_STRING.
> - The API more simple (and easier to extend)
That's debatable - the complexity is simply moved from the client
having to choose which URL to use to the server having to have
extra decoding logic.
> - Reduces the amount of requests
Why is that good?
> - Assures the client always get the id back
That is already assured by the current API definition.
Tom
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