is there any security advantage of hiding url parameters

Question

I am building a web app that needs to be secure. My question is: Is there any security advantage of hiding route parameters? And if so which ones? I am using angular.

Here is an example of hiding route parameters, are there any advantages in doing so?

UPDATE: What I mean by hiding url paramters is instead of having a url the reads

'https//yourApp/user/<user_id here>'

to have one that reads

'https//yourApp/user'

but behind the scenes you are processing the request using the user id.

What do you mean by `route parameters`? The ones you send to API? Or the ones you navigate by inside Angular? What do you mean by "hiding"? — Harun Yilmaz, Jul 24 '19 at 09:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '19 at 09:22

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You can use app-routing.module.ts to manage your routes

answered Jul 24 '19 at 09:22

Amine Blel

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This does not answer the qustion in any way – YulePale Jul 24 '19 at 09:26

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '19 at 11:22

I got answered in the information security stack exchange https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/214034/is-there-any-security-advantage-of-hiding-url-parameters.

Basically the answer is it depends on the kind of information you url paramters are exposing. If the infomation is sensitive there is definately an advantage in hiding the url paramters.

is there any security advantage of hiding url parameters

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