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This endpoint is idempotent - clicking that link multiple times has the same effect as doing it once.
by Tade0 5y ago
This endpoint is idempotent - clicking that link multiple times has the same effect as doing it once.
- account42 5y agoPresumably there is a different content for the first response when the token is still valid, otherwise this would be a pointless link.
- tantalor 5y agoNot if it "disappears after access"
- shadowgovt 5y agoCorrect. Idempotency isn't precisely the right concept to appeal to here. The right concept is that GET requests are assumed by convention to be "safe," which implies they aren't tied to user interaction. "...user did not request the side-effects, so therefore cannot be held accountable for them" (https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#:~:text=user%20did%20not%20request%20the%20side-effects%2C%20so%20therefore%20cannot%20be%20held%20accountable%20for%20them https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#:~:te....).