HTTP GET request append all the required data to the URL while in HTTP POST method it will supply all the additional data to the body of message.
Each form element in HTML form must have an method attributes, it can use either POST or GET. Get is a default method for form element if we are not specifying it. specified method attribute determines how form data is submitted to the server. GET method will encode all the data and append to the request URL as a query string. Post method will pass all the data in a message body of the HTTP request.
Lets see all the difference 1 by 1 for GET and POST method as below.
| HTTP GET | HTTP POST |
| In Browser history all the params are stored in the URL. | In Browser history none of the params are stored |
| Get method can be cached | Post method can not be cached |
| Get method restrict form data type, it allows only ASCII chars | Post method not restrict form data type, it allowed even binary data |
| Get method is easier to hack using script | Post method is more difficult to hack |
| GET request is executed again on click of back button | Post request alerts user for resubmitting data to the server |
| In get request all the data being passed are visible to user, It is visible in the address bar. | In Post method none of the data is visible to the user because it is being passed in message body |
| Get method is not advisable to use when we are sending sensitive information to the server like password | Post method is advisable to send sensitive information to the server. However it’s better we encrypt the sensitive data using complex algorithm |
| Get request can be bookmarked in the browser | Post method can not be bookmarked to the browser. |
| Get is less secure as compare to Post method | Post is little more secure to get method |
| Get method save data to the server as a plain text and in browser history | Post method not save data to the server and browser history |
| Get method pass data in a URL and URL length is restricted up to 2048 char, we can not send more data and allowed length, It varies by browser and web server. | In Post method there is no restriction on passing very long data. |
| Get method can support very limited data to the request, it is better if we pass less then 2K of parameters. | Post method can send more parameters like we can also send uploading files to the server. |
That’s it.
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