The HTTP methods POST and PUT aren't the HTTP equivalent of the CRUD's create and update. They both serve a different purpose. It's quite possible, valid and even preferred in some occasions, to use PUT to create resources, or use POST to update resources.
Use PUT when you can update a resource completely through a specific resource. For instance, if you know that an article resides at http://example.org/article/1234, you can PUT a new resource representation of this article directly through a PUT on this URL.
If you do not know the actual resource location, for instance, when you add a new article, but do not have any idea where to store it, you can POSTit to an URL, and let the server decide the actual URL
Use PUT when you can update a resource completely through a specific resource. For instance, if you know that an article resides at http://example.org/article/1234, you can PUT a new resource representation of this article directly through a PUT on this URL.
If you do not know the actual resource location, for instance, when you add a new article, but do not have any idea where to store it, you can POSTit to an URL, and let the server decide the actual URL
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