GET Method

  1. The GET method request is used to send data to the server as part of the URL
  2. for example used ID
  3. This is the main method used for document retrieval
  4. e.g if you want to get a product detail page you might pass the product ID to the server using the GET method

POST Method

  1. A POST method request is used to send data to the server as part of the HTTP header
  2. for example, customer information, file upload, etc. using HTML forms
  3. Typically large number of variables / sensitive information