How can I deal with HTTP GET query string length limitations and still want to be RESTful?

Question

As stated in http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/misc/urllength.html, HTTP query string have limited length. It can be limited by the client (Firefox, IE, ...), the server (Apache

Answer 1

This is an easy one. Use POST. HTTP doesn't impose a limit on the URL length for GET but servers do. Be pragmatic and work around that with a POST.

You could also use a GET body (that is allowed) but that's a double-whammy in that it is not correct usage and probably going to have server problems.