GET method is used to appends form data to the URL in name or value pair. If you use GET, the length of URL will remain limited. It helps users to submit the bookmark the result. GET is better for the data which does not require any security or having images or word documents.The HTTP protocol defines GET-type requests as being idempotent, while POSTs may have side effects. In plain English, that means that GET is used for viewing something, without changing it, while POST is used for changing something. For example, a search page should use GET, while a form that changes your password should use POST.
What is the use of GET method?
The GET Method GET is used to request data from a specified resource. Some notes on GET requests: GET requests can be cached. GET requests remain in the browser history.
Why we use GET method in HTML?
The GET method is the method used by the browser to ask the server to send back a given resource: “Hey server, I want to get this resource.” In this case, the browser sends an empty body. Because the body is empty, if a form is sent using this method the data sent to the server is appended to the URL.
Why we use GET method instead of POST?
HTTP POST requests supply additional data from the client (browser) to the server in the message body. In contrast, GET requests include all required data in the URL. Forms in HTML can use either method by specifying method=”POST” or method=”GET” (default) in the