{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/22","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/22/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/22/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/22/events","html_url":"https://github.com/w3c/beacon/issues/22","id":125521663,"number":22,"title":"Should sendBeacon support GET?","user":{"login":"toddreifsteck","id":4186305,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4186305?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck","html_url":"https://github.com/toddreifsteck","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-01-08T01:18:00Z","updated_at":"2016-01-20T17:44:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"A large number of existing RUM solutions depend on GET via XHR or the image tag. To ensure that sendBeacon can be used by these existing solutions, should we update it to support GET?\r\n\r\nI think it is possible to add without significant change to the API surface if we mimic the Fetch WebIDL.\r\n\r\nIf thoughts are positive, I'll put together a pull request. Thoughts?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/comments/173300523","html_url":"https://github.com/w3c/beacon/issues/22#issuecomment-173300523","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/beacon/issues/22","id":173300523,"user":{"login":"toddreifsteck","id":4186305,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4186305?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck","html_url":"https://github.com/toddreifsteck","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/toddreifsteck/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-20T17:44:58Z","updated_at":"2016-01-20T17:44:58Z","body":"@sicking I think the theory and the reality are at odds with each other in this scenario, unfortunately. Many analytics systems currently use GET via xhr or image URL and the query string to send telemetry to the cloud. These systems usually ignore the response. The intent of adding GET support to sendBeacon is to allow these customers to move from xhr to sendBeacon for telemetry."}}