Updating image using Put Request Cakephp Rest API

Question

I am following Cakephp's Rest API docs to implement apis.Cakephp Rest Api Docs

Please note I am using Postman Rest Client to test the apis. As a requirement I need to provide the users to update a certain product image.

When I use POST Request to add images for the first time, I get the Image information in $this->request->params['form'] array, which also has parameters like name, type, tmp_name, error and size.

    [form] => Array
    (
        [barcode_image] => Array
            (
                [name] => sitewide%20sales.png
                [type] => image/png
                [tmp_name] => C:\xampp\tmp\phpFCE8.tmp
                [error] => 0
                [size] => 136596
            )

        [image] => Array
            (
                [name] => phone%20number.png
                [type] => image/png
                [tmp_name] => C:\xampp\tmp\phpFCE9.tmp
                [error] => 0
                [size] => 89166
            )

    )

This can be easily tested in Postman by setting the field type to 'File'(which then lets you upload an image).

Now, I want to let users to Update the image which they had uploaded. For Updating i am using PUT request for which the required MIME type is x-www-form-urlencoded, this then prevents from updating a file. How can I test updating of image in this scenario.

Will I have to re-write the way i have implemented the API, so that Editing of the image(re-upload a new image) to be done using POST request?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. If I am missing out any specifics, code please ask. I'll update the question accordingly.

Answer 1

I googling for few minutes as per as of your problem. according to my point of you need to understand what is the purpose of PUT & POST.

Just Look at request->is('post') Vs request->is('put')