Idempotent vs Safe HTTP Methods
Hello, was just reading a bit about HTTP Methods. From what I've understood, a safe HTTP request/method is one that doesn't change anything. For example a
Now, idempotent means one that has no side effects. That is, it's a method that will always produce the same result. Here is where I have some confusion, when we talk about idempotent in this case, we are talking about how the values are sent?
GET will only retrieve information without changing their values. Similarly, the OPTIONS http method creates a request that ask the server what the client is allowed to do (used in preflight CORSNow, idempotent means one that has no side effects. That is, it's a method that will always produce the same result. Here is where I have some confusion, when we talk about idempotent in this case, we are talking about how the values are sent?
