[Mediawiki-api] GET vs POST

[Roan Kattouw]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Jani Patokallio <jpatokal at iki.fi> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I seem to recall that once upon a time the API requires all requests to
> be POST,
That was never the case. Some modules, like login, edit, etc., do
require POST, but action=query requests have always allowed both GET
and POST.

> but apparently GET is now allowed as well, and preferred for
> cachability.  The API:Quick start page links to
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQ#GET_or_POST.3F, but apparently
> this link is broken and (as far as I can tell?) has never existed in the
> history.  So two questions:
>
> 1) When was the change made, or has it been this way all along?
It's been this way all along.

> 2) Is there are list of which operations require POST?  Browsing through
> the docs, at least login and edit seem to, but is there a consolidated
> list?  The Perl MediaWiki::API module suggests that GET is allowed only
> for query, logout, purge, and paraminfo.
>
See the self-documenting page at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php ,
Ctrl+F for "POST".

Roan