Re: [Bug-wget] Request body in GET requests

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Micah Cowan <address@hidden> writes:

>> I am told that interactive clients issue GET requests with request
>> bodies when doing AJAX.  If that is indeed the case, supporting it in
>> Wget might be genuinely useful.
>
> Really? I'll be mildly shocked if that's the case, since that makes some
> silly assumptions about the server's (and client's!) capabilities, and
> is somewhat outside the bounds of what's specified for HTTP.

Looking at the HTTP/1.1 RFC, I don't see that GET requests are
required to have empty bodies.

> But of course, you're right: if this is something that is being used
> for Ajax, especially if it's widespread, then it's something to
> consider for Wget. If anyone can find evidence of this practice
> being/becoming mainstream (or approaching it, etc), please post it
> here.

I'll try to find a specific reference.  I believe it had to do with
sending SOAP requests, as mentioned here:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipgetr.html