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I thought the same, but apparently the article is correct

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

Interesting. I guess I've been going off of RFC 7231

> The PUT method requests that the state of the target resource be created or replaced with the state defined by the representation enclosed in the request message payload.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc7231.txt

My rule of thumb: if you know the ID of the resource you’re creating, it’s a PUT. If the system generates the ID, then it’s a POST.

More generally the URI instead of the ID.

The I in URI, stands for Identifier...

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