I am designing a REST API.
I have a single resource that I want to be able to change the status of for different conditions e.g. the URI is:
Applications/{application_id}/
The possible status changes are to set the application to:
Each status change will require different information e.g. a reason for cancelled, a date for signedoff.
What would be a good looking URI to handle this? I had thought of
but it doesnt seem right to me.
EDIT:
I should have mentioned that I was already planning POST: Applications/{application_id} to update an existing application with a full set of application data.
POST: Applications/{application_id}?cancel=true
POST is used only for CREATE. I think put will be better option.