Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Probably the second most common HTTP protocol request is POST. Unlike GET, POST is not used to request documents—instead, it is used by clients to send data to the server. If you have logged on to a website, purchased anything online, or sent an email through a web mail client, then you’ve submitted a POST request.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Probably the second most common HTTP protocol request is POST. Unlike GET, POST is not used to request documents—instead, it is used by clients to send data to the server. If you have logged on to a website, purchased anything online, or sent an email through a web mail client, then you’ve submitted a POST request.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
