I was told to never do write operations with GET request. and that search engines and other bots would follow and activate them. Assuming all write operations require a login would there be a problem having get request as a link?
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I was told to never do write operations with GET request. and that search engines and other bots would follow and activate them. Assuming all write operations require a login would there be a problem having get request as a link?
Writing with a GET violates REST. There are more fundamental and philosophical reasons for doing this than just because a bot will follow them. That doesn’t mean that it’s not allowed though.
The reason a GET should not cause a write operation is that in a RESTful service, there is an implicit agreement that GETs are “safe”, and will not cause anything to happen remotely. A GET is just for getting information. If you want to send information, use POST.