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Development Tools HTTP Basics Introduction to HTTP HTTP Request Format

Posted by Tarek H
Tarek H
176 Points

In simple words. What's the difference between GET/POST?

As far as i know that GET is to view a resource while POST you can view and modify?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're talking about the conventional ways they are used, and you're right but that's really dependent on the server coding.

The main difference about how the messages themselves work is that in a GET, all data is attached to the URL as a "query string"; and in a POST the data is contained in the messaage body.