You haven't really explained why you don't like creating resources to represent transient actions. What's wrong with POSTing to /friend-requests with requestor=

You haven't really explained why you don't like creating resources to represent transient actions. What's wrong with POSTing to /friend-requests with requestor=stanleydrew&requestee=mberning? There's no need to keep a log around if you don't have use for it.