Ruby on Rails 3: How to retrieve POST and GET params separately?

Question

I know you can get parameters using params, but the thing is that it merges all parameters whether they were sent via GET or POST:

If you send a request via GET, no problem, the parameters can only be squeezed in the URL.

But if you send a POST request that has a URL like /blabla?foo=bar&foo2=bar2, is there a way to tell the difference between the variables sent via the URL and the variables sent through the actual POST method?

Seems that similar question has been asked already: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/152585/identify-get-and-post-parameters-in-ruby-on-rails — Miki, May 27 '11 at 11:13
In that link, he asked how to get the request method. In my question I wanted to know how to tell the difference from a variable standpoint :) — Etienne, May 28 '11 at 01:51

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '11 at 12:33

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Yes, in your controller you can get the GET parameters using request.GET and the POST parameters with request.POST

answered May 27 '11 at 12:33

Mark

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Thanks! Wasn't mention in the official guide. – Etienne May 28 '11 at 01:48
Genius! Thank you! Everything always needs more and better documentation. But that's what StackOverflow is for. :) – Joshua Pinter Sep 22 '15 at 14:58

Ruby on Rails 3: How to retrieve POST and GET params separately?

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