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Re:Request bodies in GET requests by shawnz on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:51PM (#30158753)
But those same proxies/firewalls probably won't understand QUERY either, right? And if they are updated to add support, why can't they be updated to add support for GET with request bodies?
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Re:Request bodies in GET requests by nemothekid on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @12:49AM (#30159053)
>why can't they be updated to add support for GET with request bodies?

One thing I can think of: there some optimization that would cause performance degradation for 99% of GET requests.

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Re:Request bodies in GET requests by Kinrany on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @12:19AM (#30158913)
There is no standard they can all agree on.
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