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Understanding GET Request

PostedJanuary 28, 2025
UpdatedJanuary 31, 2025
ByAnas Kakuwala

What is a GET request?

A GET request is a request method used to fetch data from a server. With Phlorin built-in-request, many will help you fetch weather data, current crypto prices, and many more.

GET requests are only used for fetching data, they will not change or affect the data on the server. When a GET request is made it sends data to the server, but only to tell the server what to send back.

Know the Limitations:

  • >GET requests may have parameters stored in one’s browser history or be logged by the server. Thus, GET method requests may not be as secure as other methods because of this.
  • >URL lengths are limited to 2048 characters. Because of this some API request may require you to select a lot more parameters, so a function like POST would be used over GET.
  • >This request cannot change data on a server. It is not flexible, but may be ideal to fetch/view data rather than to interact with it.

EXAMPLE of a GET Request

When we use our web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, etc) we use GET request to find webpages. To go to https://phlorin.com/, you use this URL and it produces a GET request. In response, HTML is received and displayed by the browser.

Running a GET Request in Phlorin

  1. In your desired Sheets document, open Phlorin and create a new request:

Extensions > Phlorin > Open > Create a request

  1. In the Application dropdown select or search forCustom.

  1. From here you can select a request method. Click the dropdown and select GET.Now you just need to go through the other parameters, primarily entering a request URL.

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