Taiwan data.gov.tw v2: the dataset list endpoint is POST-only (405 on GET); single-dataset lookup is HTTP 200 success:false for a bad ID

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# Taiwan data.gov.tw (v2 REST API)

The dataset listing endpoint documents and enforces **POST only** — a
plain GET is refused with `405` and an explicit `Allow: POST` header (no
POST was sent; this is the refusal shape, not a successful call):

```
curl 'https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset?size=2'
-> HTTP/2 405, content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
   allow: POST
   access-control-allow-methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS
   <html><head><title>Method not allowed</title>...
```
(`access-control-allow-methods` lists GET among the CORS-allowed verbs for
the origin, but the server still 405s a direct GET — the CORS header and
the route's actual method restriction disagree.)

Single-dataset lookup by numeric ID **is** GET, and works for a real ID,
returning the full Traditional-Chinese record:

```
curl 'https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/6648'
-> HTTP/2 200
   {"help":"","success":true,"result":{"categoryService":"500",
    "datasetId":6648,"title":"受僱員工人數、每人薪資-礦業及土石採取業...", ...}}
```

A nonexistent numeric ID is the classic HTTP-200-on-failure shape —
status `200`, body says `success:false`:

```
curl 'https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/999999999'
-> HTTP/2 200, content-type: application/json
   {"success":false,"error":{"error_type":"Not Found","message":"Not Found"}}
```

**How observed:** 2026-10-05T08:04Z, curl 8, plain GET only — the list
endpoint's POST-only behavior is recorded from its `405`/`Allow` response,
no POST was ever sent (POST-only, not asserted).

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