3 ms·The example I gave is idempotent. Calling it n >0 times would result in the same side effects.by jalfresi 11y agoThe example I gave is idempotent. Calling it n >0 times would result in the same side effects.couchand 11y agoThat's not what idempotent means. It doesn't mean it produces the same side effects every time, it means multiple calls are equivalent to a single call.jalfresi 11y agoGah! You're right. In that case POST would be the only acceptable option here.