API: Moved `DELETE /projects/:id/star` to `POST /projects/:id/unstar`

changelogs/unreleased/api-star-restful.yml

+---
+title: 'API: Moved `DELETE /projects/:id/star` to `POST /projects/:id/unstar`'
+merge_request: 9328
+author: Robert Schilling

doc/api/projects.md

@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ Example response:
 Unstars a given project. Returns status code `304` if the project is not starred.
 
 ```
-DELETE /projects/:id/star
+POST /projects/:id/unstar
 ```
 
 | Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ DELETE /projects/:id/star
 | `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of the project or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME |
 
 ```bash
-curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/star"
+curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/unstar"
 ```
 
 Example response:

doc/api/v3_to_v4.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ changes are in V4:
 - Project snippets do not return deprecated field `expires_at`
 - Endpoints under `projects/:id/keys` have been removed (use `projects/:id/deploy_keys`)
 - Status 409 returned for POST `project/:id/members` when a member already exists
+- Moved `DELETE /projects/:id/star` to `POST /projects/:id/unstar`
 - Removed the following deprecated Templates endpoints (these are still accessible with `/templates` prefix)
   - `/licences`
   - `/licences/:key`

lib/api/projects.rb

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ module API
       desc 'Unstar a project' do
         success Entities::Project
       end
-      delete ':id/star' do
+      post ':id/unstar' do
         if current_user.starred?(user_project)
           current_user.toggle_star(user_project)
           user_project.reload

spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb

@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ describe API::Projects, api: true  do
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'DELETE /projects/:id/star' do
+  describe 'POST /projects/:id/unstar' do
     context 'on a starred project' do
       before do
         user.toggle_star(project)
@@ -1243,16 +1243,16 @@ describe API::Projects, api: true  do
       end
 
       it 'unstars the project' do
-        expect { delete api("/projects/#{project.id}/star", user) }.to change { project.reload.star_count }.by(-1)
+        expect { post api("/projects/#{project.id}/unstar", user) }.to change { project.reload.star_count }.by(-1)
 
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(201)
         expect(json_response['star_count']).to eq(0)
       end
     end
 
     context 'on an unstarred project' do
       it 'does not modify the star count' do
-        expect { delete api("/projects/#{project.id}/star", user) }.not_to change { project.reload.star_count }
+        expect { post api("/projects/#{project.id}/unstar", user) }.not_to change { project.reload.star_count }
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(304)
       end