GET
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The GET HTTP method requests a representation of the specified resource.
Requests using GET should only be used to request data and shouldn’t contain a body.
[!NOTE] The semantics of sending a message body in
GETrequests are undefined. Some servers may reject the request with a 4XX client error response.
| Request has body | No |
|---|---|
| Successful response has body | Yes |
| `{{Glossary("Safe/HTTP", "Safe")}}` | Yes |
| `{{Glossary("Idempotent")}}` | Yes |
| `{{Glossary("Cacheable")}}` | Yes |
| Allowed in HTML forms | Yes |
Syntax
GET <request-target>["?"<query>] HTTP/1.1
<request-target>- : Identifies the target resource of the request when combined with the information provided in the
{{HTTPHeader("Host")}}header. This is an absolute path (e.g.,/path/to/file.html) in requests to an origin server, and an absolute URL in requests to proxies (e.g.,http://www.example.com/path/to/file.html).
- : Identifies the target resource of the request when combined with the information provided in the
<query>{{optional_inline}}- : An optional query component preceded by a question-mark
?. Often used to carry identifying information in the form ofkey=valuepairs.
- : An optional query component preceded by a question-mark
Examples
Successfully retrieving a resource
The following GET request asks for the resource at example.com/contact:
GET /contact HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
User-Agent: curl/8.6.0
Accept: */*
The server sends back the resource with a {{HTTPStatus("200", "200 OK")}} status code, indicating success:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:18:33 GMT
Last-Modified: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:18:26 GMT
Content-Length: 1234
<!doctype html>
<!-- HTML content follows -->
Specifications
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Browser compatibility
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See also
- HTTP request methods
- HTTP response status codes
- HTTP headers
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