# http query

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## HTTP QUERY: the method that was missing between GET and POST

DevFeed: [HTTP QUERY: the method that was missing between GET and POST](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/http-query-the-method-that-was-missing-between-get-and-post-17866.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codemotion.com/magazine/backend/http-query-the-method-that-was-missing-between-get-and-post/>)

Author: Matteo Baccan

Published: 2026-07-29T12:26:29Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Backend Job: skill, salary and insights - Codemotion Magazine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/backend-job-skill-salary-and-insights-codemotion-magazine.md>)

Topics: [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firewall.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [http-query](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http-query.md>), [ietf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ietf.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [siem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/siem.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

### AI overview

This article examines the proposed HTTP QUERY method, which is intended to combine the safety and idempotency of GET with the ability to carry an extended request body like POST. It discusses the limitations and security risks of putting complex or sensitive queries in URLs, and considers the method's effects on caching, infrastructure compatibility, and future backend implementation.

### Source excerpt

For nearly thirty years, the Web has lived with a semantic paradox that anyone developing for the backend knows well: how do you execute a complex, voluminous query, or one containing sensitive data, if the only "safe" method available does not allow a request body? Think about when we need to send a structured search... Read more The post HTTP QUERY: the method that was missing between GET and POST appeared first on Codemotion Magazine.