post only for form/small data or also for large data

Question

I googled quite a bit but did not find any useful answer. I have used post in the past to post some form data or some small-ish JSON payloads. Just curious, is post actually meant to transport large-ish data. Let us say 5 MB or are there better transport mediums (e.g. FTP). Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use HTTP Post to transfer large data. Web applications that have a File Upload feature, for example, use POST to send files with several MBs. Using FTB is also an option, but this selection of protocol (HTTP x FTP) depends on the requirements and anchitecture of your product.