JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386): Partial Updates Made Simple
JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386): partial JSON document updates by merging. Compare to JSON Patch for simplicity, null handling, and array replacement.
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Tags: json, api, developer-tools
JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386): Partial Updates Made Simple RFC 6902 JSON Patch is precise and powerful, but it asks clients to construct an array of operation objects with explicit and fields. For many APIs, that's overkill — the client just wants to update a few top-level fields and delete one. RFC 7386 JSON Merge Patch handles that case in a format that looks exactly like a normal JSON object, making it easier to construct by hand and straightforward to implement on both sides. How Merge Patch Differs from JSON Patch JSON Patch (RFC 6902) sends instructions: "replace the value at ", "remove ". JSON Merge Patch sends a partial document. The server merges the patch into the existing resource by a simple recursive algorithm. The tradeoff: merge patch is easier to write but less expressive.…
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