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REST. Make order request

I have two entities: Order and OrderItem. Should I use one or two routes for request that make an order?

One route:

POST /orders (also creates OrderItems)

Two routes:

POST /orders

POST /orderItems

Solution

  • Use Just a single route which contains all the orderlist details, something like this

    {
  "customerId": 123,
  "orderDate": "2024-09-23",
  "orderItems": [
    {
      "productId": 1,
      "quantity": 2,
      "price": 10.99
    },
    {
      "productId": 2,
      "quantity": 1,
      "price": 20.49
    }
  ]
}

    this will make sure that order and its items are created together in one transaction