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GET vs POST #4

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cheatsheet1999 opened this issue Sep 4, 2021 · 0 comments

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cheatsheet1999 commented Sep 4, 2021 •

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GET is used to request a specified resource from server.

Some other notes on GET requests:

GET have no body data
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 are only used to request data (not modify)

POST is used to send data to a server to create/update a resource.

Some other notes on POST requests:

POST have body data
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 length

cheatsheet1999 changed the title ~~GET v.s POST~~ GET vs POST

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