WDT - HTML GET/POST

HTML forms GET/POST

When a "submit" action is made (by a button or other)

the client will send data to the server

The are two methods of interacting with the server: GET and POST



    
    What Greeting?
    
    To who?

Submit a GET

Used when requesting data from the server

the address in the browser will be like


    http://httpbin.org/get?say=Hello+From+Me!&to=My+dear+friend ......
                          |                  |
    |--------------------|?|----------------|&|---------------|
            |                    |                   | 
    PathFromAction          Name1=Value1        Name2=value2 
                            +concatenator       +concatenator

the URL will be in the begining
a ? for query
name = value of 1st input
a & devider
name = value of 2nd input

Submit a POST

Change something in the server



    What Greeting?
    
    To who?


    http://httpbin.org/post 
        PathFromAction

only the url will be in the address bar

This is a sample Get form

url in the address bar is


    http://httpbin.org/get?say=Hi&to=Mom

data sent to the server is


{
"args": {
    "say": "Hi", 
    "to": "Mom"
},

This is a sample Post form

url in the address bar is


    http://httpbin.org/post

data sent to the server is


{
"args": {}, 
"data": "", 
"files": {}, 
"form": {
    "say": "Hi", 
    "to": "Mom"
}

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