Maximum length of HTTP GET request

Question

What\'s the maximum length of an HTTP GET request?

Is there a response error defined that the server can/should return if it receives a GET request that exceeds this

Answer 1

Yes. There isn't any limit on a GET request.

I am able to send ~4000 characters as part of the query string using both the Chrome browser and curl command.

I am using Tomcat 8.x server which has returned the expected 200 OK response.

Here is the screenshot of a Google Chrome HTTP request (hiding the endpoint I tried due to security reasons):

RESPONSE