I'm having trouble where I'm spidering content and it keeps flagging and unflagging my content because it's following the flag links.
I would like to use an AJAX flag that doesn't involve a page reload; but the AJAX link and Normal link types place a link with href= that modifies the favorite status on a GET request.
I flagged this as a bug because it's not expected behavior, here's the relevant section from HTTP (4.2.1. Safe Methods):
For example, it is common for Web-based content editing software to use actions within query parameters, such as "page?do=delete". If the purpose of such a resource is to perform an unsafe action, then the resource owner MUST disable or disallow that action when it is accessed using a safe request method. Failure to do so will result in unfortunate side effects when automated processes perform a GET on every URI reference for the sake of link maintenance, pre-fetching, building a search index, etc.
The expected behavior is if I follow the link with a GET request; it does not modify the flag status; but shows a button to re-request with POST.
An associated feature request that would largely fix this would be Add Checkboxes as Display Type ✨ Add Checkboxes as Display Type Closed: outdated ; especially if the flag is updated with an AJAX POST or PUT request.
Closed: outdated
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