RESTful delete strategy

Question

Let\'s say I have a resource that can have two different behaviors when delete is called

1. The resource is deleted.
2. The resource is moved to the recycl

Answer 1

Your idea is fine, but I think a custom request header would be a little more appropriate. Query parameters are better suited to, well, parameters.

A custom request header would look something like this:

DELETE /myresource
X-Really-Delete: Yup