· 5 days ago· Dev.to
Idempotent APIs: Safeguarding Your Cloud Against Unintended Consequences
You hit "Submit Order" and the network drops mid-request. Did the charge go through? Should you retry? Without idempotency keys, you're gambling — and your users are the ones losing money. Idempotency is the property that making the same request multiple times has the same effect as making it once.
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