alt Hacker NewsI really hate the POST verb for RESTish APIs because it cannot be idempotent without implementing an idempotency layer. Other verbs are naturally idempotent. Has anyone tried foregoing POST routes entirely? Theoretically you can let the client generate an ID and have it request a PUT route to create new entities. This would give you a tiny amount of extra complexity on the client, but make the server simpler as a trade-off.
In what sense is GET naturally idempotent?
The GET/POST split is the defence (even it's only advisory).
GET-only means every time you hit the back button during an order flow, you might double-order.