# StoreSearch Tutorial - Question about HTTP GET requests

**URL:** <https://forums.kodeco.com/t/storesearch-tutorial-question-about-http-get-requests/31840>\
**Category:** iOS Apprentice\
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/storesearch-tutorial-question-about-http-get-requests/31840 "2017-07-05T23:59:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![salanthonyc](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.raywenderlich.com/community/forum-assets/noun-game-ghost-878668.png) [@salanthonyc](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/salanthonyc)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/storesearch-tutorial-question-about-http-get-requests/31840/1 "2017-07-05T23:59:02Z")

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I am trying to understand the difference between REST and HTTP. I noticed that this tutorial uses HTTP Get requests instead of REST. Is there any particular reason why or is it just a coder preference thing?

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**Author:** ![hollance](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/hollance/32/109009_2.png) [@hollance](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/hollance)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/storesearch-tutorial-question-about-http-get-requests/31840/2 "2017-07-06T08:03:31Z")

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They are different things. REST is built on top of HTTP; it’s a particular way of using HTTP GET (and PUT) requests to do certain tasks.