cache/bookmark HTTP POST request
Maciej Gawinecki
interested in. Accessing this information requires filling a complex
form, that sends data using HTTP POST method. I'm interested in caching
HTTP Request on the client-side (browser) and re-sending it every week.
Caching HTTP Response doesn't make sense in this application context,
because stock data changes quite often.
I know it is not recommended to cache HTTP POST request, because by
definition it not an idempotent operation (http://tinyurl.com/yj2mge6).
However, in this case it behaves as idempotent HTTP GET operation: it
provides read-only access to particular data. I know it is also possible
to send HTTP POST request without filling the form by programmatically
generating HTTP Request header (eg. using jQuery, JavaScript in
general, or PHP) and then display the HTTP Response
(http://tinyurl.com/yjsjprp).
It would be also nice to bookmark HTTP POST request directly from a
browser in the same way as it is possible to bookmark HTTP GET Request
(i.e. URL address). To automate the whole process the script on the
client-side should catch the HTTP POST Request on the fly and bookmark
it upon a user action. I believe it is possible though I still have no
idea how.
However, before I start programming such a functionality/script I wonder
is there any off-the-shelf plugin/tool that realizes this functionality.
Do you know any?
Best regards,
Maciej