XS✔ ◾ ✏️ Changed POST to GET (#9513)

* ✏️ Changed POST to GET * Update rules/rest-api-design/rule.md Co-authored-by: Daniel Mackay [SSW] <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Daniel Mackay [SSW] <[email protected]>
SSWConsulting · Oct 31, 2024 · 2e38da7 · 2e38da7
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 ### 3. Idempotent requests
 
-Design `POST`, `PUT`, and `DELETE` operations as idempotent, where repeating an action yields the same result as performing it once. This avoids unintended actions from repeated requests.
+Design requests as idempotent operations, where repeating an action yields the same result as performing it once. This avoids unintended actions from repeated requests.
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+Typically, `GET`, `PUT` and `DELETE` are idempotent by default, but special handling needs to be added to make `POST` requests idempotent.
 
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 If a `DELETE` request removes a record, re-sending it should not throw errors if the record is already deleted.