Passing Parameters with GET request

A parameter is something that is passed between the browser and the web server.

Passing a parameter in the URL

Suppose we want to pass the name of a tennis player as a parameter. The way to pass a parameter is to put a question mark at the end of the URL and provide the name of the parameter. The ? separates the URL from the parameter:

http://localhost:8080?name=sampras

Here, we are passing a parameter called name. The value of the parameter is sampras.

To pass multiple parameters, the & symbol is used as follows:

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