AllowUnsafeUpdates and ValidateFormDigest

December 23rd, 2009

Add this to the list of things every SharePoint developer should know (up there with disposing SPWebs and SPSites).

In general…

  1. Don’t update SharePoint objects on a GET request
  2. Call SPUtility.ValidateFormDigest() before anything on a POST request

Here are the two links to read:

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