HTTP GET Method

An HTTP GET Method is a HTTP Request Method that requests data from a specified resource.

• Context:
  • It can receive an HTTP GET Request Message.
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• Example(s):
  • http://host.domain.com/path/script.cgi?field1=value1&field2=value2.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • HTTP POST Method.
• See: Idempotence, WebDAV, Data Retrieval, W3C, Web Application, HTTP Response, Web Resource, Form (HTML).

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References

2013

• (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol#Request_methods Retrieved:2013-12-19.
  • … GET: Requests a representation of the specified resource. Requests using GET should only retrieve data and should have no other effect. (This is also true of some other HTTP methods.) The W3C has published guidance principles on this distinction, saying, “Web application design should be informed by the above principles, but also by the relevant limitations."

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