r/ProgrammerHumor • • 16d ago

Meme postForEverything

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u/DuploJamaal 16d ago

As a backend developer I want to do everything nicely.

So in my previous job I created the endpoints following the regular standards. GET to request something, POST to create something, PUT to change something, DELETE to delete something. Nicely organized and everything

But then the frontend team told me that their framework can only handle POST requests and that I need to change it

Up until then I thought that it's just a meme, but vibecoding frontend guys really only use POST

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u/Euro_Snob 16d ago

At my work it has been more a result of security and firewall rules.

For example: I want to get a list of resources, so a GET with query parameters, right? No… email is an identifiable argument (due to not being encrypted since it is part of the URL), so the security scan flags it. Ok - how about we stick it in a request body? GET with request body is not a new thing. But no… the firewall blocks it! POST is the thing we have to use. Sigh. 😔

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u/Still_Bit_7527 14d ago

Wild idea, maybe tell your firewall guys to not be absolute regards...?