Call a Server-side Method on a Resource in a RESTful Way

Question

Keep in mind I have a rudimentary understanding of REST. Let\'s say I have this URL:

http://api.animals.com/v1/dogs/1/

And now, I want to m

Answer 1

If we assume Barking is an inner / dependent / sub resource which the consumer can act on, then we could say:

POST http://api.animals.com/v1/dogs/1/bark

dog number 1 barks

GET http://api.animals.com/v1/dogs/1/bark

returns the last bark timestamp

DELETE http://api.animals.com/v1/dogs/1/bark

doesn't apply! so ignore it.