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Nope. The spec is broken. Hence they were forced to patch the spec with the addition of the QUERY method this year.

Spec is not Bible/Quran requiring religious adherence. If the spec is idiotic, developers have and will circumvent it until either the spec adapts or developers move on abandoning the spec leaving it to rot in the dust.

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Notice that it’s a new method because the body on a GET means nothing? So the apps relying on it are broken.

> body on a GET means nothing

Why because a bunch of guys in a committee said so? Sorry your committee is broken if they put idiotic ideas out there in the open asking everybody to conform.

But at this point I don't think you would get it. All hail the almighty spec.

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