Felipe,
On Sep 26, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Felipe Gaścho wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> my first email here...
welcome :-)
>
> question: I have a registration flow that includes the following
> steps:
>
> 1) client send a POST with the new user's data.
> 2) the server sends an email to the new user containing a
> "Confirmation URL"
> 3) the user clicks on the URL, confirming his registration request...
>
> So far so good, the basics of a registration use case.
>
> Now the question:
>
> The URL in the email should be a GET, right ? (otherwise I am not sure
> how it can work from an email.. )
>
> but, if I use GET to transform the state of a resource in the server I
> am abusing the rest protocol - (GET not-idempotent since the status of
> the user will change from NEW to ACTIVE)
Exactly.
>
> So, what is the alternative ?
Send a URL to an HTML page that includes a POST form with a button the
user clicks on to confirm.
(or send an HTML email with a form (not sure if the email client
supports the form submission though)).
Jan
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