From 7037a8117e0829d495cb400fb48ef3fd8f0690c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: soyuka <soyuka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:38:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use patch by default

---
 src/hydra/dataProvider.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hydra/dataProvider.ts b/src/hydra/dataProvider.ts
index a7efd355..56023248 100644
--- a/src/hydra/dataProvider.ts
+++ b/src/hydra/dataProvider.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ function normalizeHydraKey(json: JsonLdObj, key: string): JsonLdObj {
  * GET_LIST => GET http://my.api.url/posts
  * GET_MANY => GET http://my.api.url/posts/123, GET http://my.api.url/posts/456, GET http://my.api.url/posts/789
  * GET_ONE  => GET http://my.api.url/posts/123
- * UPDATE   => PUT http://my.api.url/posts/123
+ * UPDATE   => PATCH http://my.api.url/posts/123
  */
 function dataProvider(
   factoryParams: HydraDataProviderFactoryParams,
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ function dataProvider(
     if (typeof params.meta === 'object') {
       extraInformation = params.meta;
     }
-    const updateHttpMethod = extraInformation.hasFileField ? 'POST' : 'PUT';
+    const updateHttpMethod = extraInformation.hasFileField ? 'POST' : 'PATCH';
 
     switch (type) {
       case CREATE:
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ function dataProvider(
           options: {
             body,
             method: updateHttpMethod,
+            headers:
+              updateHttpMethod === 'PATCH'
+                ? { 'content-type': 'application/merge-patch+json' }
+                : {},
           },
           url,
         }));