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Use a POST request in Federation request signing example (#1721)

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* Use a POST request in Federation request signing example

Otherwise the GET request having a body is confusing, since it is not valid HTTP

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Clarify Server-Server API request signing example by using the `POST` HTTP method, as `GET` requests don't have request bodies.

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@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Step 1 sign JSON:
```
{
"method": "GET",
"method": "POST",
"uri": "/target",
"origin": "origin.hs.example.com",
"destination": "destination.hs.example.com",
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Step 2 add Authorization header:
GET /target HTTP/1.1
POST /target HTTP/1.1
Authorization: X-Matrix origin="origin.hs.example.com",destination="destination.hs.example.com",key="ed25519:key1",sig="ABCDEF..."
Content-Type: application/json