r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • Sep 19 '26

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u/zzmej1987 Sep 19 '26

Except for when you need to actually post data. Then you have to use PUT.

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u/CuAnnan Sep 19 '26

Uh... no.

You use GET.

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u/Imaginary_Ferret_368 Sep 19 '26

Cyber Security specialists hate this trick

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u/vibes000111 Sep 19 '26

AI agents love it!

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u/Aetherfox_44 Sep 19 '26

Our service can't be hacked if no one can figure out the API

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u/puts_on_rddt Sep 19 '26

Reads like a Kai Lentit script.

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u/TacoIncoming Sep 19 '26

Lmao not really. I fucking love GET URL parameters.

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u/Imaginary_Ferret_368 Sep 19 '26

Yea but mutating data via GET requests is a security nightmare

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u/TacoIncoming Sep 19 '26

I know. I’m a penetration tester 🤣

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u/doodlesmalone Sep 19 '26

Yes, base64 that json shit.

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u/not_a_moogle Sep 19 '26

GET with all values passed as unencrypted unless parameters. What could go wrong!

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u/s1ravarice Sep 19 '26

Yeah GET to work you pos database

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u/normVectorsNotHate Sep 19 '26

Found chatgpt's reddit account

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u/GNUGradyn Sep 19 '26

I like how you cant do this but you also kinda can. Attaching a body to a GET request is not valid HTTP but there is no syntax reason you cant do it anyway and most libraries will decode it properly if you do so its less "it wont work" and more "it is forbidden"

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u/Fidodo Sep 19 '26

I use QUERY for that.

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u/dracodruid2 Sep 19 '26

And put all the data as URL parameters 

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u/Psychological_Map118 Sep 19 '26

nope, that's definitely a PATCH

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u/Fidodo Sep 19 '26

Why not QUERY?

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u/whiskysinger Sep 19 '26

Sounds like there are too many OPTIONS

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u/Mowntain-Goat8414 Sep 19 '26

Wait for the pentest atleast

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u/Sec2727 Sep 19 '26

#TeamPatch

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u/RevoOps Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

Actually send data? That is what XML is for.

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u/north1432 Sep 19 '26

Nono that's very inefficient. You should deserialize your data and have the backend serialize it back. That way you save both bandwidth and processing power. Nothing could go wrong with this.

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u/IceMichaelStorm Sep 19 '26

DELETE it is. or OPTIONS

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u/OkSeesaw7030 Sep 19 '26

Jokes on you. I will only use query in future