The Truth about GET and HTTP Standards, (Tue, Sep 22nd)

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

<blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR.</strong> QUERY (RFC 10008) is a real HTTP method now, a GET that carries a body. I deployed echo endpoints on Vercel (Python and Node), Supabase

<p>For decades we've had exactly two bad options for "read something using a complex input": cram everything into a GET URL, or lie and use POST. In June 2026, the IETF

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<p>You work with REST APIs? You know <code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, <code>PUT</code>, <code>DELETE</code>... </p> <p>But did you know that a new HTTP method was standardized