RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method

<p>If you've built APIs for any length of time, you've almost certainly hit this wall: you need to fetch data based on a complicated set of filters, but <code>GET</code> can't

In June 2026 the IETF published RFC 10008&#x5b;1&#x5d;, defining a new HTTP method: "QUERY". The HTTP protocol faced already by changes (HTTP/2, HTTP/2) but it&#x27s the first new

<p>Every <code>POST /search</code> endpoint you have ever written is a read pretending to be a write.</p> <p>You did not do it because you wanted to. You did it because the

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<blockquote> <p>The HTTP protocol has remained surprisingly stable for years.</p> <p>But now, there's a new method that every backend developer should know about:

<p><em>One of API design's most familiar workarounds may finally have an expiration date.</em></p> <p>For years, API designers have quietly made the <strong>same

<p>Hono Just Added Support for the New HTTP QUERY Method — and I Got to Contribute ❤️</p> <p>A few weeks ago, the new HTTP method QUERY was standardized, making it necessary for

On Friday, Xavier talked about the newly introduced HTTP Query method. This new method was introduced to allow "GET" requests that include a body. The main reason for this was