I want to design an API call following REST principles. Let's assume I want to get users info where Users are identified with ids. With a GET method, the call would look : /users?id=XXXXX, YYYYY, .... The problem with this is : what happens when the list of users sent is too big ? The URI size limit is reached. With a POST method, the call would look like : /users and the request body would look like : { "users": [XXXXX, YYYYY] } As far as I know, GET method should only be used to read data, and POST method to create new resources. How should I design this properly ? Continue reading...
