8.6Query Parameters vs Request Body

Aspect	Query Parameters	Request Body
Used with	GET, DELETE	POST, PUT, PATCH
Visible in URL	Yes	No
Cacheable	Yes (part of URL)	No
Size limit	~2KB (URL length limit)	No practical limit
Example	GET /users?page=1&limit=10	POST /users {"name": "Alice"}

# Query parameters
r = requests.get(f"{base_url}/users", params={"page": 1, "limit": 10, "sort": "name"})
# Results in: GET /users?page=1&limit=10&sort=name

# Request body
r = requests.post(f"{base_url}/users", json={"name": "Alice", "email": "alice@test.com"})