Re: POST HTTP method to GSA - jdandrea - com.googlegroups.google-enterprise-developer

5 messages in com.googlegroups.google-enterprise-developerRe: POST HTTP method to GSA

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t-iida	20 Nov 2006 07:22
jdandrea	28 Nov 2006 07:06
Jeff Ragusa	28 Nov 2006 10:57
jdandrea	29 Nov 2006 09:25
Jeff Ragusa	07 Dec 2006 10:52

Subject:	Re: POST HTTP method to GSA
From:	jdandrea (jdan...@gmail.com)
Date:	11/28/2006 07:06:21 AM
List:	com.googlegroups.google-enterprise-developer

Greetings!

When I try HTTP POST on my GSA I'm always redirected to port 80 (and, more specifically, "home page" mode). Thus, at least from casual observation, I don't think POST is supported in a search context.

Can you illustrate why POST would be preferred over GET in this case? I ask because, in terms of best/recommended practices, GET is the preferred method per the W3C (plus it's bookmarkable to boot).

By contrast, POST is appropriate when a request would "change state" on the server end.

More info: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/whenToUseGet.html