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When is it appropriate to create a POST vs a GET?

I keep seeing APIs use a POST for seemingly no reason and it drives me crazy

From GitHub’s API docs, usually what I lean towards

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If it's a helpful clarification:

PUT just replaces something at a URL path and you can assume you get then GET it from that same path.

POST potentially has side effects beside just PUTing something, and doesn't necessarily put something you can GET at the POST URL.