Idempotency of DELETE

[mevdschee]

Should we not declare DELETE to be idempotent? It can be executed multiple times without leading to a different result, only side effect is that you may return a success (200?) or failure (404?) response. Maybe we can make this a little clearer. Not only whether or not it is idempotent, but also why it is or why it is not.

[RolphH]

You are correct. DELETE is idempotent as the result on the server is the same at all times. The response code might differ, but that doesn't affect the idempotency.

[spoelwijk]

Thanks @mevdschee