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title: "Why was the HTTP QUERY method introduced when GET and POST already exist?"  
description: "Why was the HTTP QUERY method introduced when GET and POST already exist?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2026-07-12  
updated: 2026-07-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116945/why-was-the-http-query-method-introduced-when-get-and-post-already-exist  
category: "programming"  
tags: ["https", "web development", "api"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the HTTP QUERY method introduced when GET and POST already exist?

## Why was the HTTP QUERY method introduced when GET and POST already exist?


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