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trevorism
trevorism

Reputation: 411

HTTP request method with no data

I have a REST endpoint in my application that takes no data and returns no data. The endpoint is clearing out some data I previously stored in the user's session. I don't need to send or receive data from the client -- just hit the endpoint.

I currently allow the endpoint to only receive HTTP POST requests.

Is there a better HTTP request method than POST for this scenario? If so why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 572

Answers (2)

DaSourcerer
DaSourcerer

Reputation: 6606

I think this is actually fine. POST doesn't necessarily need to create a resource. If it's modifying the client's session, it's ok in my book. For the return code, consider 204/No content.

Upvotes: 1

trevorism
trevorism

Reputation: 411

The endpoint is not actually ReSTful. Clearing out session data means your aren't transferring state on each request, see If REST applications are supposed to be stateless, how do you manage sessions?

Upvotes: 0

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