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No, idempotency doesn't matter because the action is not applied when a 3xx is returned. Proof: permanent 3xx replies are cacheable. The reason confirmation i
by colanderman 12y ago
No, idempotency doesn't matter because the action is not applied when a 3xx is returned. Proof: permanent 3xx replies are cacheable.
The reason confirmation is asked is because the user might not wish to apply the action to the new URI. (Codified as "safety" in the new 1.1.)
Sources: your links and http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.2.1 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.2.1
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- charonn0 12y agoResponses to POST requests are only cacheable when they include explicit freshness information[1], which is not the case with the linked test page. [1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.3 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.3