Comments on: HTTP POST or GET http://blog.testsautomation.com/2009/01/http-post-or-get-web-services-performance-testing/ Live fast, die old... Wed, 19 May 2010 19:52:40 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stuart Moncrieff http://blog.testsautomation.com/2009/01/http-post-or-get-web-services-performance-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Stuart Moncrieff Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:29:38 +0000 http://blog.testsautomation.com/?p=61#comment-35 But it is also interesting that an HTTP 404 response is much slower than a web service response. I find that a lot of websites have missing resources on pages that developers refuse to fix because it is not visible to an end-user. Maybe there are performance implications under heavy load. Also, there is probably a lesson in there somewhere about always putting in web_reg_finds for every request. :) I am enjoying reading your blog. Keep up the interesting posts. Cheers, Stuart. But it is also interesting that an HTTP 404 response is much slower than a web service response.

I find that a lot of websites have missing resources on pages that developers refuse to fix because it is not visible to an end-user. Maybe there are performance implications under heavy load.

Also, there is probably a lesson in there somewhere about always putting in web_reg_finds for every request. :)

I am enjoying reading your blog. Keep up the interesting posts.

Cheers,
Stuart.

]]> By: admin http://blog.testsautomation.com/2009/01/http-post-or-get-web-services-performance-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-33 admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:26:26 +0000 http://blog.testsautomation.com/?p=61#comment-33 Stuart You are right. My server (Java, Jax-WS) doesn't accept GET requests as well. I realized that I made a mistake :/ It's throwing 404 and thats why performance is better, agrrrr... I need to delete this stupid post. Thanks for catching it. Waldemar Stuart
You are right. My server (Java, Jax-WS) doesn’t accept GET requests as well. I realized that I made a mistake :/ It’s throwing 404 and thats why performance is better, agrrrr…

I need to delete this stupid post.
Thanks for catching it.

Waldemar

]]> By: Stuart Moncrieff http://blog.testsautomation.com/2009/01/http-post-or-get-web-services-performance-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Stuart Moncrieff Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:35:24 +0000 http://blog.testsautomation.com/?p=61#comment-32 Hmmm. Interesting experiment. What was the software stack the web service was running on? I would argue that a GET request that contains a body is malformed. <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.3" rel="nofollow">Section 9.3 of RFC 2616</a> says that GET data should be in the Request-URI. I am surprised that your web service even accepts a GET request with a body, even if it is much slower. I just tried it with a web service running on ASP.NET 2.0.50727, and the request is not accepted as a web servie call. Cheers, Stuart. Hmmm. Interesting experiment. What was the software stack the web service was running on?

I would argue that a GET request that contains a body is malformed. Section 9.3 of RFC 2616 says that GET data should be in the Request-URI.

I am surprised that your web service even accepts a GET request with a body, even if it is much slower. I just tried it with a web service running on ASP.NET 2.0.50727, and the request is not accepted as a web servie call.

Cheers,
Stuart.

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