Question:
So, basically the 255-char limitation of URLs is too short for me, and I don't want to rely on ignoring it.
My request will not change anything on the HTTP server end. I need to send some data with request, that is slightly larger than 1024 characters in size and is NOT of secure/secret character. The server will use the data for verification against a database and return a result of this verification, but nothing is changed. The request is thus said to be idempotent. In pseudecode, client calls RPC:
int verify_data(char[>1024] data) Can I use POST or will this violate principles of REST and other good HTTP client/server design? I obviously cannot use GET?
Solution:1
What is the maximum length of a URL in different browsers?
Do you control the server and the client? If you know that both will handle the length, then I would go ahead and run with it.
Solution:2
I have a similar trouble
May be using PUT is a better alternative. I mean, according to REST principles PUT should also be an idempotent operation (so that servers might cache it) and you don't have the limitation size of GET
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