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GET

A get request is a more simple request with a combination of variables and values

GET /process.php?title=Central+Park&where=United+States http/1.1

this has the values in the query string of

  • title=Central Park
  • where=United States

is from <form action="get" action = "process.php">

This is also found in the url box in browsers https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=cs139&page=1

this has the values in the query string of

  • q=cs1391
  • page=1

The query sting is limited to 2048 characters

Typically used to request specific data from the server

Response

Responds with 3 sections

  • Header - status fo the request
  • Body - (optional) response to the request

Response codes

  • 2## codes for successful response
  • 3## redirection response
  • 4## codes for client errors e.g bad request
  • 5## codes for server errors

Common codes

  • 200 Ok
  • 301 Moved Permanently
  • 304 Not Modified
  • 307 Temporary redirect
  • 400 Bad request
  • 401 Unauthorized
  • 404 Not found
  • 414 Request URI too long
  • 500 InternalServer Error

POST

This request is encoded within the header for the request the query string can can’t be seen within the URL browser

Has a longer Data allowance

Typically used to send data to the server forms etc.