Why use HTTP PUT and DELETE methods instead of POST?

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The advantage is mostly semantic, and can also simplify URLs to an extent. The different HTTP methods map to different actions:

POST   => create a new object
DELETE => delete an object
PUT    => modify an object
GET    => view an object

Then, in theory, you can use the same URL, but interact with it using different methods; the method used to access the resource defines the actual type of operation.

In practice, though, most browsers only support HTTP GET and POST. Rails uses some “trickery” in HTML forms to act as though a PUT or DELETE request was sent, even though Rails is still using GET or POST for these methods. (This explains why you might not have used DELETE or PUT on other platforms.)

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