When do you use POST and when do you use GET?
http-get, http-post
Solution
Use `POST` for destructive actions such as creation (I'm aware of the irony), editing, and deletion, because you can't hit a `POST` action in the address bar of your browser. Use `GET` when it's safe to allow a person to call an action. So a URL like:
http://myblog.org/admin/posts/delete/357
Should bring you to a confirmation page, rather than simply deleting the item. It's far easier to avoid accidents this way.
`POST` is also more secure than `GET`, because you aren't sticking information into a URL. And so using `GET` as the `method` for an HTML form that collects a password or other sensitive information is not the best idea.
One final note: `POST` can transmit a larger amount of information than `GET`. 'POST' has no size restrictions for transmitted data, whilst 'GET' is limited to 2048 characters.
Problem
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?