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pooja biswaspooja biswas 

Post Vs Get in apex integration

Hi
Please let me know practical use case differences between POST method and GET method with specific example.
I know that in GET method we can use parameters but not in POST method, but not sure exactly in what scenarrio we need to use.

Thanks
pooja
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Vivek DVivek D
Hi Pooja,

In both POST and GET you can use parameters in URL.
The one major and simple difference I will say is the payload (Data/records etc as JSON) which can be passed as a response body in POST where as in GET it is not allowed
 

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Dario BakDario Bak
Hi Pooja!

This applies to Salesforce and the rest of you web projects. GET parameters are sent in the URL and that's quiet insecure & easy to change. POST parameters are sent in the message and are secured by https. In general terms I'd always go with POST.

A general comparisson: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_httpmethods.asp

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Amit Chaudhary 8Amit Chaudhary 8

Please check below post
1) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2016/04/rest-api-in-salesforce-execute-rest-api.html
2) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2016/06/rest-explorer-using-workbench-execute.html
3) http://amitsalesforce.blogspot.in/2016/06/insert-update-delete-record-by-rest-api.html

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1) Create a record
Method :- Post
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/
Request Body :- 
{
  "Name" : "Account from Rest API",
  "phone" : "1111111111",
  "website" : "www.salesforce1.com",
  "numberOfEmployees" : "100",
  "industry" : "Banking"
}
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2) Retrieve a record

Method :- Get
URL:- /services/data/v36.0/sobjects/Account/0019000001hE8af
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Let us know if this will help you

Thanks
Amit Chaudhary
Vivek DVivek D
Hi Pooja,

In both POST and GET you can use parameters in URL.
The one major and simple difference I will say is the payload (Data/records etc as JSON) which can be passed as a response body in POST where as in GET it is not allowed
 
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