Filtering best practice

[a7mdFo2ad]

hi
i have API get method and I want to know
what the best practice for filtering based on inputs fields?
or should I make another API post method to send inputs data to server and response with filtered data?

[robinyo]

Some examples:

• https://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#advanced-queries
• https://github.com/Microsoft/api-guidelines/blob/vNext/Guidelines.md#97-filtering
• https://developer.github.com/v3/#parameters