#http-get

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Fix: OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget #dev #answer #programming

Fix: OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget #dev #answer #programming

OS X: equivalent of Linux’s wget

How can I do an HTTP GET from a Un*x shell script on a stock OS X system? (installing third-party software is not an option, for this has to run on a lot of different systems which I don’t have control on).

For example if I start the Mercurial server locally doing a hg serve:

... $ hg serve

And then, from a Linux that has the wget command I do a wget:

... $ wget

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Fixed: When do you use POST and when do you use GET? #fix #dev #it

Fixed: When do you use POST and when do you use GET? #fix #dev #it

When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

From what I can gather, there are three categories – never use GET and use POST, never use POST and use GET, and it doesn’t matter which one you use.

Am I correct in assuming those three cases? If so, what are some examples from each case?

Answer [by Kyle Cronin]: When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

Use GET when you want the URL to reflect…

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Fixed HTTP GET with request body #dev #it #asnwer

Fixed HTTP GET with request body #dev #it #asnwer

HTTP GET with request body

I’m developing a new RESTful webservice for our application.

When doing a GET on certain entities, clients can request the contents of the entity. If they want to add some parameters (for example sorting a list) they can add these parameters in the query string.

Alternatively I want people to be able to specify these parameters in the request body. HTTP/1.1does not…

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How to: OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget

How to: OS X: equivalent of Linux's wget

OS X: equivalent of Linux’s wget

How can I do an HTTP GET from a Un*x shell script on a stock OS X system? (installing third-party software is not an option, for this has to run on a lot of different systems which I don’t have control on).

For example if I start the Mercurial server locally doing a hg serve:

... $ hg serve

And then, from a Linux that has the wget command I do a wget:

... $ wget

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How to: When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

How to: When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

From what I can gather, there are three categories – never use GET and use POST, never use POST and use GET, and it doesn’t matter which one you use.

Am I correct in assuming those three cases? If so, what are some examples from each case?

Answer: When do you use POST and when do you use GET?

Use GET when you want the URL to reflect the state of the…

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How to: HTTP GET with request body

How to: HTTP GET with request body

HTTP GET with request body

I’m developing a new RESTful webservice for our application.

When doing a GET on certain entities, clients can request the contents of the entity. If they want to add some parameters (for example sorting a list) they can add these parameters in the query string.

Alternatively I want people to be able to specify these parameters in the request body. HTTP/1.1does not…

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great post for solving this cross origin problem in IE10