REST calls panic on some method call

[jgimeno]

Closes: #5869

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #5906 into master will not change coverage by %.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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  Coverage   57.06%   57.06%           
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  Files         342      342           
  Lines       20056    20056           
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  Hits        11444    11444           
  Misses       7767     7767           
  Partials      845      845           

[alexanderbez]

Thanks @jgimeno, great work.