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Form submission using POST

We revisit the same Form as the previous slide, except this time the submission method is changed to POST.
 
In this case, we're going to try something different -- the CGI program which is the target of this Form is going to show us the actual HTTP request as it was received[2].
 
info1:
info2:

 
Again, try it.
 
[2] Actually, it's a "reconstructed" version of the HTTP request: not all request headers are necessarily shown. But it's close enough for our purposes!
Lecture 06: Applications #3.2: HTTP Copyright © 2004 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo.



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