Two commonly used methods for a request-response between a client and server are: GET and POST.
- GET - Requests data from a specified resource
- POST - Submits data to be processed to a specified resource
The GET Method
Note that query strings (name/value pairs) is sent in the URL of a GET request:
test/demo_form.asp?name1=value1&name2=value2
Some other notes on GET requests: GET requests can be cached
GET requests remain in the browser history
GET requests can be bookmarked
GET requests should never be used when dealing with sensitive data
GET requests have length restrictions
GET requests should be used only to retrieve data
The POST Method
Note that query strings (name/value pairs) is sent in the HTTP message body of a POST request:
POST /test/demo_form.asp HTTP/1.1
Host: w3schools.com
name1=value1&name2=value2
Some other notes on POST requests: POST requests are never cached
POST requests do not remain in the browser history
POST requests cannot be bookmarked
POST requests have no restrictions on data l are GET vs. POST
The following table compares the two HTTP methods: GET and POST.
| GET | POST | |
|---|---|---|
| BACK button/Reload | Harmless | Data will be re-submitted (the browser should alert the user that the data are about to be re-submitted) |
| Bookmarked | Can be bookmarked | Cannot be bookmarked |
| Cached | Can be cached | Not cached |
| Encoding type | application/x-www-form-urlencoded | application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data. Use multipart encoding for binary data |
| History | Parameters remain in browser history | Parameters are not saved in browser history |
| Restrictions on data length | Yes, when sending data, the GET method adds the data to the URL; and the length of a URL is limited (maximum URL length is 2048 characters) | No restrictions |
| Restrictions on data type | Only ASCII characters allowed | No restrictions. Binary data is also allowed |
| Security | GET is less secure compared to POST because data sent is part of the URL
Never use GET when sending passwords or other sensitive information! |
POST is a little safer than GET because the parameters are not stored in browser history or in web server logs |
| Visibility | Data is visible to everyone in the URL | Data is not displayed in the URL |
Other HTTP Request Methods
The following table lists some other HTTP request methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| HEAD | Same as GET but returns only HTTP headers and no document body |
| PUT | Uploads a representation of the specified URI |
| DELETE | Deletes the specified resource |
| OPTIONS | Returns the HTTP methods that the server supports |
| CONNECT | Converts the request connection to a transparent TCP/IP tunnel |
Href:http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp
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