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Comment by OvervCW

1 day ago

There is: your browser or other type of client does not know it can repeat a POST request if it fails, whereas a QUERY request can be freely repeated in case of errors.

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spockz  15 hours ago

Not freely. It is idempotent, not safe. So it still can have serious load consequences.

  • Joker_vD  15 hours ago 

        Unlike POST, however, the method is explicitly safe and idempotent, allowing
    functions like caching and automatic retries to operate.

    • account42  1 hour ago

      Putting something in a spec does not automatically make it true. In the real world if you repeat expensive queries more than an undefined amount you get blocked or at least bot-checked.