Besides having the HTTP verb in the URL (GET -> /get/), why would you put the id in the query? Why not just use GET /user/1234 instead of duplicating things by

Besides having the HTTP verb in the URL (GET -> /get/), why would you put the id in the query? Why not just use GET /user/1234 instead of duplicating things by using GET /get/user?id=1234 . What does GET /get/user then even return, all users, no user, ...? Edit: typo