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Saturday, 26 December 2015

Difference Between GET and POST

GET
POST
We can only send limited data with GET method
we can send large amount of data with POST
GET method is not secure because data is exposed in the URL
POST method is secure because data is sent in request body
GET is the default HTTP method
We need to specify method as POST to send request with POST method.
You can bookmark GET request for e.g. Google Search.
you cannot bookmark a POST request
GET request is also cacheable
you cannot cache POST requests
GET sends data as part of URI
while POST method sends data as HTTP content
GET requests are sent as a query string on the URL:
for example:
GET index.html?name1=value&name2=value
POST requests are sent in the body of the HTTP request: for example:
POST /index.html
There is a limitation on sending data using GET method
It means we can transfer less data to sever.
POST doesn't have such limits. It means we can send large data to server.

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