API Design Interview Question:
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API Design Interview Question: You are updating a user's phone number. Which HTTP method do you approve: Most developers treat them as identical. Why is Option A dangerous if the frontend forgets to send the user's name and email in the payload?
Posted by Shubh Jain (5.5k followers) 5 h ago · 23 likes · 1.5k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Backend & APIs.
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