Path vs Query Parameters in HTTP Requests (with Postman)

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In this tutorial, I wanted to explain the difference between path params and query params and will exemplify this in Postman.

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[LuckyGnom]

Thank you a lot! I was a bit confused and you were the only one who had a separate video with a clear explanation.

[imcintyre]

Thank you, this helped me to better understand the differences between before the Question Mark and after.

[muchwow]

Can you please explain how queryparams are actually written in a REST controller?

[vikrantsingh]

Thanks Buddy, you explained it very clearly

[maryamomar]

thank you! I was lost and this helped me a lot.

[wandavazquez]

Great information. Thank you from a newbie

[sheikahbib]

Very Nice explanation ever had...Keep going .

[garycolman]

How do you apply Query Parameter values to a html document? Or am I misunderstanding this tutorial? I need to set a html or PDF document with 'version' and 'language'
(such as: version=v1.1& language='English') parameters/values but how and where are these values applied to individual files located on a website?

[enggadda]

how to make @QueryParam as optional (example making the name as not required )

[franznataly]

Hi Valentina, how can I test the query parameter:? for example, if a query parameter is a measurement like a cm, in, kp, etc, how is possible to test these values? thanks

[mrflexii]

So let's say we have a request like this one - GET: {{URL}}/image/{{ImageID}}}.
When we have many different images with different identifiers, it is better to only use a path variable like: id than a varaibale collection like {{imageID}}, am I right?

[pengli]

When to use path variable, when to use query variable?

[abdelrhmanshokr]

what if I don't have a params tap on postman is it an older version or what ?

[sharikkumar]

If you explain a concept then please take a simple example. Else you are wasting other's time as well.

[vdespa]

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