As far as I understood there are two places where to set the content type: The client sets a content type for the body he is sending to the server (e.g. for post) The server sets a content type for the response. Does this mean I don’t have to or should not set a content … Read more
Just wondering if there is anything built-in to Javascript that can take a Form and return the query parameters, eg: “var1=value&var2=value2&arr[]=foo&arr[]=bar…” I’ve been wondering this for years. 21 Answers 21
I am trying to send a GET message that contains strings with ampersands and can’t figure how to escape the ampersand in the URL. Example: http://www.example.com?candy_name=M&M result => candy_name = M I also tried: http://www.example.com?candy_name=M\&M result => candy_name = M\\ I am using URLs manually, so I just need the correct characters. I can’t use … Read more
How can I make as “perfect” a subclass of dict as possible? The end goal is to have a simple dict in which the keys are lowercase. It would seem that there should be some tiny set of primitives I can override to make this work, but according to all my research and attempts it … Read more
I’m looking into what is the correct way to pass multiple values for the same parameter name in a GET request. I’ve seen URLs like this: http://server/action?id=a&id=b And I’ve seen URLs like this: http://server/action?id=a,b My understanding is that the first is correct, but I can’t find any reference for this. I had a look at … Read more
What’s the difference when using GET or POST method? Which one is more secure? What are (dis)advantages of each of them? (similar question) 14 Answers 14
There is an online HTTP directory that I have access to. I have tried to download all sub-directories and files via wget. But, the problem is that when wget downloads sub-directories it downloads the index.html file which contains the list of files in that directory without downloading the files themselves. Is there a way to … Read more
Is it safe to pass raw base64 encoded strings via GET parameters? 10 Answers 10
When comparing an HTTP GET to an HTTP POST, what are the differences from a security perspective? Is one of the choices inherently more secure than the other? If so, why? I realize that POST doesn’t expose information on the URL, but is there any real value in that or is it just security through … Read more
How should I be passing query string values in a jQuery Ajax request? I currently do them as follows but I’m sure there is a cleaner way that does not require me to encode manually. $.ajax({ url: “ajax.aspx?ajaxid=4&UserID=” + UserID + “&EmailAddress=” + encodeURIComponent(EmailAddress), success: function(response) { //Do Something }, error: function(xhr) { //Do Something … Read more
