REST, HTTP DELETE and parameters

Question

Is there anything non-RESTful about providing parameters to a HTTP DELETE request?

My scenario is that I\'m modelling the \"Are you sure you want to delete t

Answer 1

I think this is non-restful. I do not think the restful service should handle the requirement of forcing the user to confirm a delete. I would handle this in the UI.

Does specifying force_delete=true make sense if this were a program's API? If someone was writing a script to delete this resource, would you want to force them to specify force_delete=true to actually delete the resource?