Find the Query

Question Mark Boundary

The question mark separates path from query.

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The question mark is the boundary

Everything before it is the path /search.

path=/search\text{path}=\text{/search}
Query boundaryThe request target, query rows, Host header, and empty body check are recomputed from pinned bytes.Query boundary - GET /search query q=cat and page=2, body 0 bytessectionnamevaluecheckrequest linemethodGETparsedrequest linetarget displaypath /search question q=cat ampersand page=2safe display formrequest lineversionHTTP/1.1parsedheaderHostsearch.exampleexacttargetpath/searchbefore question markquerydisplay wordsq=cat ampersand page=2safe display formqueryexact hex713d63617426706167653d32pinned bytespairqq=catparsedpairpagepage=2parsedcheckbody bytes0after blank linecheckhas bodynotoy GET

The query comes after it

The query display row names q=cat and page value 2 in safe words.

query after question mark\text{query after question mark}
Query boundaryThe request target, query rows, Host header, and empty body check are recomputed from pinned bytes.Query boundary - GET /search query q=cat and page=2, body 0 bytessectionnamevaluecheckrequest linemethodGETparsedrequest linetarget displaypath /search question q=cat ampersand page=2safe display formrequest lineversionHTTP/1.1parsedheaderHostsearch.exampleexacttargetpath/searchbefore question markquerydisplay wordsq=cat ampersand page=2safe display formqueryexact hex713d63617426706167653d32pinned bytespairqq=catparsedpairpagepage=2parsedcheckbody bytes0after blank linecheckhas bodynotoy GET

The exact query is bytes

The exact query is represented by the recomputed hex row.

query hex parsed\text{query hex parsed}
Query boundaryThe request target, query rows, Host header, and empty body check are recomputed from pinned bytes.Query boundary - GET /search query q=cat and page=2, body 0 bytessectionnamevaluecheckrequest linemethodGETparsedrequest linetarget displaypath /search question q=cat ampersand page=2safe display formrequest lineversionHTTP/1.1parsedheaderHostsearch.exampleexacttargetpath/searchbefore question markquerydisplay wordsq=cat ampersand page=2safe display formqueryexact hex713d63617426706167653d32pinned bytespairqq=catparsedpairpagepage=2parsedcheckbody bytes0after blank linecheckhas bodynotoy GET

Summary

The path and query are split at one pinned question mark.

path plus query\text{path plus query}
Query boundaryThe request target, query rows, Host header, and empty body check are recomputed from pinned bytes.Query boundary - GET /search query q=cat and page=2, body 0 bytessectionnamevaluecheckrequest linemethodGETparsedrequest linetarget displaypath /search question q=cat ampersand page=2safe display formrequest lineversionHTTP/1.1parsedheaderHostsearch.exampleexacttargetpath/searchbefore question markquerydisplay wordsq=cat ampersand page=2safe display formqueryexact hex713d63617426706167653d32pinned bytespairqq=catparsedpairpagepage=2parsedcheckbody bytes0after blank linecheckhas bodynotoy GET