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QUERY vs GET vs POST

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Architectural Property	GET	POST	QUERY
Request Body Allowed	No (Undefined Semantics)	Yes	Yes
Safe (Read-Only)	Yes	Potentially No	Yes
Idempotent (Safe to Retry)	Yes	Potentially No	Yes
Default Cacheable	Yes	No (Only future GET/HEAD)	Yes (Requires Body-Aware Keying)
Data Payload Location	URL Query String	Request Body	Request Body
Primary Use Case	Simple, short resource reads	Resource creation & mutation	Complex, large, or private reads

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