HTTP POST

POST is the HTTP method that was invented to send data to a receiving web application, and it is how most common HTML forms on the web work. It usually sends a chunk of relatively small amounts of data to the receiver.

• Simple POST
• Content-Type
• Posting binary
• JSON
• URL encoding
• Convert to GET
• Expect 100-continue
• Chunked encoded POSTs
• Hidden form fields
• Figure out what a browser sends
• JavaScript and forms
• Multipart formposts
• -d vs -F