Is there any harm in using the typical GET action for PUT? (RESTfully speaking)

Question

I have an action that does not require a form. So for this, you really only need one editing method, and not RESTful 'edit' → 'update'. Is there a reason not to do this or better?

def edit
  #Do a POST(PUT)
end

Answer 1

The threat is that the user can easily go to this URL and perform a potentially destructive action.

/noform/edit   #URL typed by user => Action Performed
/noform/update #URL typed by user => Error is thrown, No Action Performed

Normal view scans GETfor server requests . It is assumed that any page that you can easily go to (or enter in the address bar) will not perform any functions that modify the data.

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Answer 2

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