refactor whoami route and update tests

[BoDonkey]

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This PR refactors the login/whoami route as accessible both by POST, which is recommended, and GET, for BC. It also updates the Mocha tests to use the recommended verb. Closes POST-8236.

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PRO-8236 The `login/whoami` route is currently `GET` only, but should also be a `POST` route