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		akvadrako 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful Well you can't reliably use GET with bodies. There is the proposed SEARCH but using custom methods also might not work everywhere.

bmn__ 36 days ago | [–]

No, QUERY. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-saf...

SEARCH is from RFC 5323 (WebDAV).

Deukhoofd 36 days ago | [–]

The SEARCH verb draft was superseded by the QUERY verb draft last I checked. QUERY is somewhat more adopted, though it's still very new.

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