# Why are my http requests always sent as GET? (Despite URLRequestMethod.POST)

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**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-http-requests-always-sent-as-get-despite-urlrequestmethod-post/303003 "2010-01-12T09:52:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crocodile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Crocodile](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crocodile)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-http-requests-always-sent-as-get-despite-urlrequestmethod-post/303003/1 "2010-01-12T09:52:56Z")

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[SIZE=2] I got myself really wind up about the following, I am desperately looking for help on this! I am builing a Flash10/AS3 app in CS4.

I would like to send a POST request to a server from AS3. I did everything according to the spec, even the debugging showed that a POST request was generated, but when looked at the packages leaving my computer( with WireShark) the trace showed that the request was actually sent as GET. arrrrr…

```auto
var url = "http://www.blahblahblahblbblha.co.uk/tst/12345678/tst.htm";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest( url );
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST; //This should do the job??
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, requestTokenHandler);
loader.load(request);

function requestTokenHandler(e:Event):void
{

}

```

Thanks in advance!  
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