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I don't think this is agreed-upoin best practice. In particular, if the request is idempotent, it is best practice to use GET and not PUT (for cacheability, among other things). And URL length limits are quite large nowadays, so not necessarily a problem.

sleske
– sleske

2018-08-31 09:52:36 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 9:52
@sleske If you think GET is better you should write an answer about why. String z can be 4Mb long though

Ewan
– Ewan

2018-08-31 09:58:26 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 9:58
actually just googling and the max json string length seems uncertain

Ewan
– Ewan

2018-08-31 10:02:24 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 10:02
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@ThomasJunk what context do you refer to? the string is called 'z', there could be literally anything in it. whats the GDPR fine $20m?

Ewan
– Ewan

2018-09-02 14:59:28 +00:00
Commented Sep 2, 2018 at 14:59
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@ThomasJunk the standard log will also have the ip. But yes we digress. the point isnt that you log the info, its that you dont realise you are logging the info and get caught out in an audit. Best practice is to only log specfic info, not anything the user sends

Ewan
– Ewan

2018-09-02 15:15:30 +00:00
Commented Sep 2, 2018 at 15:15

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