Clicking back page invokes get or post request?

Question

Im using my below code to display a page..This page startpage is called from the Login page. When the user post username and password it correctly calls the POST request..

Now, if I navigate to this startpage from some other page through back or front button, what method will get executed "GET" or "POST"?

@app.route('/StartPage',method='GET')
def test():
    print 'In get'

@app.route('/StartPage',method='POST')
def retrieve():

   username = request.forms.get('username')
   password = request.forms.get('password')

   return template('LoginPage')

This is written in Bottle framework

Answer 1

When using back and forward, typically your browser will replay the same type of request that was originally made, so if the user was trying to login to StartPage with a POST request and given username and password, that POST request would be sent again with the same username and password.

If they originally accessed StartPage with a GET request and didn't provide a username and password, that GET request will be sent again upon using the back/forward commands. This should generally hold true across basic HTTP frameworks.