GET

Requests a representation of the target resource.

Use GET to retrieve data without requesting a state change. GET is safe, idempotent, and commonly cacheable.

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Reference (http)

GET /api/users/42 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.example.com

Use GET to retrieve data without requesting a state change. GET is safe, idempotent, and commonly cacheable.

Common mistakes

Putting state-changing actions behind a GET endpoint because browsers and crawlers can invoke it automatically.

Registry reference: rfc9110

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