# Cheat-sheet - Concepts outlined in this tutorial

## Method <a href="#cheat-sheet-conceptsoutlinedinthistutorial-method" id="cheat-sheet-conceptsoutlinedinthistutorial-method"></a>

To help you get started with web service, here's a little memo of techniques used in this tutorial.

|       |        |   |        |   | Method parameters |          |    |     |
| ----- | ------ | - | ------ | - | ----------------- | -------- | -- | --- |
|       | REST   |   | Method |   | url               | resource | id | xml |
| **C** | POST   |   | add    |   | X                 | X        |    | X   |
| **R** | GET    |   | get    |   | X                 | X        | X  |     |
| **U** | UPDATE |   | edit   |   | X                 | X        | X  | X   |
| **D** | DELETE |   | delete |   | X                 | X        | X  |     |

If the URL parameter is specified, no other setting can be used and vice versa.

## Options <a href="#cheat-sheet-conceptsoutlinedinthistutorial-options" id="cheat-sheet-conceptsoutlinedinthistutorial-options"></a>

| Key     | Key suffix |   | prefix | Value              | Suffix | Description                     |
| ------- | ---------- | - | ------ | ------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------- |
| display |            |   |        | \[field1,field2 …] |        | Only display fields in brackets |
| display |            |   |        | full               |        | Display all fields              |

| Key    | Key suffix |   | prefix | Value              | Suffix | Description                                             |
| ------ | ---------- | - | ------ | ------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| filter | \[field]   |   |        | \[value1,value2]   |        | Filter "field" with value between "value1" and "value2" |
| filter | \[field]   |   |        | \[value]           |        | Filter field with the value "value"                     |
| filter | \[field]   |   |        | \[value1\|value2…] |        | Filter fields for multiple values                       |
| filter | \[field]   |   | %      | \[value]           | %      | Filter "columns" for values containing "value"          |

| Key  | Key suffix |   | prefix | Value                                   | Suffix | Description                                                |
| ---- | ---------- | - | ------ | --------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| sort |            |   |        | \[field1\_ASC,field2\_DESC,field3\_ASC] |        | Sort by field with the suffix \_ASC \_DESC or in the order |
| sort |            |   |        | full                                    |        | show all fields                                            |

| Key   | Key suffix |   | prefix | Value                  | Suffix | Description                                   |
| ----- | ---------- | - | ------ | ---------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| limit |            |   |        | Number                 |        | Limit the result to "Nunmber"                 |
| limit |            |   |        | Starting index, Number |        | Limit the result to "Number" from the "Index" |