What is POST (HTTP)?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} In [[Internet]] computing, '''POST''' is one of many [[HTTP#Request methods|request methods]] supported by the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] (or HTTP). POST acts to submit [[data]] to be processed to a specific [[Resource (Web)|resource]]. As examples this may be a [[Message (computer science)|message]] for a [[Internet forum|bulletin board]], a [[Usenet|newsgroup]], or a [[mailing list]]. It can also be an item of data for a [[database]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp |title=HTTP Methods: GET vs. POST |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d.|website=W3Schools.com |publisher=Refsnes Data |accessdate=27 April 2014 }}</ref> In contrast, the HTTP [[GET (HTTP)|GET]] request method is designed to retrieve (or get) information from a [[server]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Internet protocols]]