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Ekaterina
Ekaterina

Reputation: 1892

Is POST non idempotent when it returns 409 on duplicates?

Usually POST is non idempotent. But if, for example, database doesn't allow duplucates (user registration), then POST adds a user on the first call and then when performing again returns 409. Is POST idempotent in this case? I mean, does this behavior meet the definition of idempotency?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 287

Answers (1)

Evert
Evert

Reputation: 99728

When a HTTP method is defined as non-idempotent, it means that there are not guarantees.

However, any of these methods can still have idempotent behavior. It's just that generic clients can't assume either way.

Similarly, if a method is defined as non-safe, they might still not have side-effects.

Upvotes: 2

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