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What's the difference between an HTTP query parameter and an HTTP form parameter? I see the words in restful related documents. Can you give an example for the words in HTTP request.
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An HTTP form can be submitted by different methods like GET and POST. @QueryParam : Accepts GET request and reads data from query string. EX. @FormParam: Accepts POST request and fetches data from HTML form or any request of the media type application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
In a POST request, parameters can appear in the URL itself, but also in the datastream (as known as content). Query string is always a part of the URL. Parameters can be buried in form-data datastream when using POST method so they may not appear in the URL.
Query parameters are a defined set of parameters attached to the end of a url. They are extensions of the URL that are used to help define specific content or actions based on the data being passed. To append query params to the end of a URL, a '? ' Is added followed immediately by a query parameter.
URI parameter (Path Param) is basically used to identify a specific resource or resources whereas Query Parameter is used to sort/filter those resources.
If you make request http://test.com?id=123, then id is a QueryParam (to be more precise this is GET request parameter), if you make POST request with a form inside body, then these form parameters (filled usually by user) are translated to FormParam-s.
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