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Discussion on: Why you should use standard HTTP methods when designing REST APIs

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Benjamin Oke

What about checking for authorization before returning such GET requests? Wouldn't it be another way of protecting sensitive data.

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Suhas Chatekar

I may be misunderstanding your point but it goes without saying that you always properly protect your API, no matter HTTP method is being used.