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Re: [rest-discuss] confirmation URL ? GET ?

From: Stefan Tilkov <stefan.tilkov_at_innoq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:55:49 +0200

On Sep 27, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Felipe Gaścho wrote:

> GET url to the confirmation form...
> the page containing the form has a POST button to validate the
> registration....
>
> it adds even more security to the whole process, while also add more
> usability complications to the users.. this trade off is complicated
> because it seems I am penalizing the users to preserve hateoas :)

Why is that a complication? I see confirmation emails of this kind all
the time, and found them all usable.

Stefan
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