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Asked: 2026-05-24T11:07:56+00:00

Below is the statement written at http://hateinterview.com/java-script/methods-get-vs-post-in-html-forms/1854.html By specification, GET is used basically for

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Below is the statement written at http://hateinterview.com/java-script/methods-get-vs-post-in-html-forms/1854.html

By specification, GET is used basically for retrieving data where as POST is used for data storing, data updating, ordering a product or even e-mailing

Whenever i used get or post method, i used them to get the parameters with getparameter() method of httprequest. I did not get in above statement, how post method is used for datastoring or dataupdation which we cant achieve with get method. Looking for a very brief example.

EDIT: Thanks all for your answers but i am specifically looking for meaning of data storing, data updating in post method apart from file loading stuff.

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  1. Editorial Team

    GET can in theory also store and update data, but it’s simply not safe. It’s too easy to accidently store or update data by just bookmarking it, following a link or being indexed by a searchbot. POST requests are not bookmarkable/linkable and not indexed by searchbots. Also, the GET query string has a limited length, the safe limit is 255 characters. The POST request body can however be as large as 2GB. Also, uploading files is not possible by GET.

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