On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:35 AM, Anil John wrote: > <Mark> > > > That's actually not the case. That the server changes state as a > > > result of GET matters not to the RESTfulness of the system. > </Mark> > ... > <Pete> > > road, if a server changes resource state in response to a > > GET, then it is at least in violation of the spirit of HTTP, > > and is very likely to not be RESTful -- as ECS and EC2 proved to be. > </Pete> > > So... Is GET supposed to be "safe" or not when it comes to REST? > For all practical purposes of using HTTP in a RESTful way: yes.
Stefan -- Stefan Tilkov, http://www.innoq.com/blog/st/
