Difference between GET and POST in an HTTP response (not request)

Question

I already know the difference between POST and GET, but does the HTTP response changes when I make a request like:

GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.engadget.com

or

POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: www.engadget.com

I'm doing a basic web server (Can't use php or any server-side language) for an assignment so I need to know if the response changes or is basically the same.

TGH · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-12 01:12:00Z

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It's up to the recipient of the request (server) to send back a response. The client can pass preferences to influence the response in the header (content type etc), but ultimately the response is determined by the server.

answered Nov 12, 2014 at 1:12

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Mathius17 Over a year ago

According to what you said, if there is no server-side language parsing the query strings, the response is basically the same, am I right?

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