HTTP GET is a request method which should be used to retrieve data and should not change state of the server.
HTTP GET is a request method which should be used to retrieve data and should not change state of the server.
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HTTP GET with request body
I'm developing a new RESTful webservice for our application.
When doing a GET on certain entities, clients can request the contents of the entity.
If they want to add some parameters (for example sorting a list) they can add these parameters in the…
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HTTP GET request in JavaScript?
I need to do an HTTP GET request in JavaScript. What's the best way to do that?
I need to do this in a Mac OS X dashcode widget.
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OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget
How can I do an HTTP GET from a Un*x shell script on a stock OS X system? (installing third-party software is not an option, for this has to run on a lot of different systems which I don't have control on).
For example if I start the Mercurial…
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Are querystring parameters secure in HTTPS (HTTP + SSL)?
Do querystring parameters get encrypted in HTTPS when sent with a request?
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When do you use POST and when do you use GET?
From what I can gather, there are three categories:
Never use GET and use POST
Never use POST and use GET
It doesn't matter which one you use.
Am I correct in assuming those three cases? If so, what are some examples from each case?
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Why am I getting an OPTIONS request instead of a GET request?
it does an OPTIONS request to that URL, and then the…
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Cache an HTTP 'Get' service response in AngularJS?
I want to be able to create a custom AngularJS service that makes an HTTP 'Get' request when its data object is empty and populates the data object on success.
The next time a call is made to this service, I would like to bypass the overhead of…
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Is there a limit to the length of a GET request?
Is there a limit to the length of a GET request?
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Is GET data also encrypted in HTTPS?
When you GET
https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%s
Is the %s query encrypted? Or just the response?
If it is not, why should Google serve its public content also with encryption?
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How to add parameters to a HTTP GET request in Android?
I have a HTTP GET request that I am attempting to send. I tried adding the parameters to this request by first creating a BasicHttpParams object and adding the parameters to that object, then calling setParams( basicHttpParms ) on my HttpGet object.…
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What 'sensitive information' could be disclosed when setting JsonRequestBehavior to AllowGet
I've been getting the same old error every time I test a new URL from my browser's address bar when I'm returning Json (using the built-in MVC JsonResult helper):
This request has been blocked because sensitive information could be disclosed to…
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Is it wrong to return 202 "Accepted" in response to HTTP GET?
I have a set of resources whose representations are lazily created. The computation to construct these representations can take anywhere from a few milliseconds to a few hours, depending on server load, the specific resource, and the phase of the…
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What is the difference between [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] and [HttpPost]?
I can decorate an action either with the [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]/[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult Create(string title)
{
// Do Something...
}
or with the [HttpPost]/[HttpGet]…
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Writing image to local server
Update
The accepted answer was good for last year but today I would use the package everyone else uses:
https://github.com/mikeal/request
Original
I'm trying to grab google's logo and save it to my server with node.js.
This is what I have right now…
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Standardized way to serialize JSON to query string?
I'm trying to build a restful API and I'm struggling on how to serialize JSON data to a HTTP query string.
There are a number of mandatory and optional arguments that need to be passed in the request, e.g (represented as a JSON object below):
{
…
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