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.. _method:
``method`` : ``GET`` | ``POST``
+
HTTP method. By defaults ``POST`` is used / The ``POST`` method has the
advantage with some WEB browsers that the history is not easy to read, but
there are also various disadvantages that sometimes **severely restrict the
ease of use for the end user** (e.g. back button to jump back to the previous
search page and drag & drop of search term to new tabs do not work as
- expected .. and several more). We had a lot of long discussions about the
- *pros v2 cons*:
+ expected .. and several more). We had some discussions about the *pros
+ versus cons*:
- - `set HTTP GET method by default
+ - `[doc] adds the missing documentation of the server.method settings
<https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3619>`__
- - `http methods GET & POST
+ - look out for `label:"http methods GET & POST"
<https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Asearxng%2Fsearxng+label%3A%22http+methods+GET+%26+POST%22>`__
.. _HTTP headers: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers