Drupal Rest API Create/Update entities

drupal-rest-api-create-update-entities.sh

# Create
curl --include \
  --request POST \
  --user admin:admin \
  --header 'Content-type: application/hal+json' \
  http://drift.docksal/entity/node?_format=hal_json \
  --data-binary '{"_links":{"type":{"href":"http://drift.docksal/rest/type/node/article"}},"title":[{"value":"Example node title"}],"type":[{"target_id":"article"}]}'

# Update
curl --include \
  --request PATCH \
  --user admin:admin \
  --header 'Content-type: application/hal+json' \
  http://drift.docksal/node/5?_format=hal_json \
  --data-binary '{"_links":{"type":{"href":"http://drift.docksal/rest/type/node/article"}},"title":[{"value":"Example node title updated"}],"type":[{"target_id":"article"}]}'


# Get
curl --include \
  --request GET \
  --user admin:admin \
  --header 'Content-type: application/hal+json' \
    http://drift.docksal/rest-example?_format=hal_json

See this article https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/rest/overview
for more info