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Start your free trialDarrell Osborne
23,146 PointsForm 'method' for res.clearCookie(), does it matter?
In the clearing cookie challenge with the Express Basics course, the instructor sets the method to 'post' for the form (that contains the button) that triggers the clearCookie method. I did that same exact thing, but also checked it with a 'get' method and got the same results. I'm wondering, since we aren't sending any info to the server, does it even matter which method (get or post) we use? Is one better than the other in this instance?
2 Answers
Sam Donald
36,305 PointsI believe at this time, given our code it does not matter. Because they both work as desired. I think it's more of a convention.
-
GET
requests send the information in the url. And so the information is exposed. -
POST
requests are sent privately in the page headers. So in a real environment where you may be collecting sensitive user data on log-out you'd wont to usePOST
.
Tom Geraghty
24,174 PointsI was wondering a similar thing; whether you can use an html link instead with an href that points to a route defined with the same functionality.
Is there a reason this would not work or would not be recommended in production?
extends layout.pug
block content
section#content
if username
h4 Hello, #{ username }!
form(action='/logout', method='post')
button(type='submit') Logout
app.post('/logout', (req, res) => {
res.clearCookie('username')
res.redirect('/')
})
Darrell Osborne
23,146 PointsDarrell Osborne
23,146 PointsI was thinking about that - the information being exposed within a GET method, and that POST would be better for more sensitive data. Thanks!