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"However, this is not completely true. It means: it won't change the resource representation. It is still possible, that safe methods do change things on a serv
by raldi 11y ago
"However, this is not completely true. It means: it won't change the resource representation. It is still possible, that safe methods do change things on a server or resource, but this should not reflect in a different representation."
http://restcookbook.com/HTTP%20Methods/idempotency/ http://restcookbook.com/HTTP%20Methods/idempotency/
- lifthrasiir 11y agoIt is possible to do so but may not be desirable anyway. It is completely possible to wire a fork bomb to the safe methods; you probably don't want to enable the bomb via crawler however.
- cname 11y agoI don't think that's referring to a case like this. I'd also argue that voting _does_, slightly, change the representation.
- raldi 11y agoOnly in the same way that watching a YouTube video changes the view count. Do you believe that's an invalid use of GET?