I want to know the length or size of data we can send through get and post methods.
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1Related thread - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/504947/when-should-i-use-get-or-post-method-whats-the-difference-between-them – KV Prajapati Nov 28 '11 at 04:26
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This is a pretty common question. Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2659952/maximum-length-of-http-get-request and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2364840/what-is-the-size-limit-of-a-post-request – hafichuk Nov 28 '11 at 04:27
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There is no defined limit, according to the RFC.
If you are using a web browser for GET
, then you are generally going to be limited to around 2K for the full URL.
For POST
, you are unlikely to hit a limit at any practical level.
Of course, there are server-side limits as well...

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I am not sure about the HTTP protocol specification but web browsers and servers do impose limits.

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