What's the REST way to verify an email?

Question

When a user register to my web application I send an email to verify his inbox. In the email there are a link to a resource like this:

GET /verify/{token}
         


        

Answer 1

It depends on what are you trying to do.

Does it fire an email after validating the user for example? If so, it is not an idempotent method and you should use POST.

Example:

POST /users/{id}/verify/{token}

If the method doesn't have any consequence besides the update, I think you should use PUT.