What's the rule of thumb for passing data in a REST URL in the query string vs. the body of a request?
Ie: You're creating a service to add hockey players. You could go with:
PUT /players
{ "name": Gretzky }
or
PUT /players?name=Gretzky
If you're passing a lot of data, you would need to go with option #1 as there is a limit on the URL length. But other than this, why not just use the query string to pass data?
Update: Removed comment that you could test option #2 in a browser. Realized (duh) that you can only do GET-s in your browser.