What is the difference between GET and POST method ?

Here we will discuss all the differences between HTTP get() and post() method.

Get()	Post()
Get is idempotent method.	Post is non-idempotent method.
Get is default HTTP method.	For post we need to specify method as post to send request.
Get sends data through URL (Uniform Resource Locator).	Post sends data through body .
Get can send only limited data because it sends through URL (data length restriction).	Post can send unlimited data because it sends through body (no data length restriction).
Get method is not secure.	Post method is secure.
Get Only allow ASCII characters.	Post allow all data even binary data is also allowed.
Get request (parameters) remain in the browser history.	Post request (parameters) do not remain in the browser history.
Get request can be cached.	Post request cannot cached.

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