Microsoft has a decent document regarding REST API design[1]. The main gist is, HTTP Verbs tell the application what to do with the object the URI Path points to.
1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-pra...
1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/best-pra...
https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guide...