diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
index 63678f8..319d959 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
@@ -134,8 +134,13 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    protected void get(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws IOException {
+        handleRequest(request, response, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     protected void post(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws IOException {
-        handleRequest(request, response);
+        handleRequest(request, response, false);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -237,7 +242,8 @@
         return "http://" + host + path + handlePath(delivery);
     }
 
-    private void handleRequest(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response) throws IOException {
+    private void handleRequest(IServletRequest request, IServletResponse response, boolean forceReadOnly)
+            throws IOException {
         final IRequestReference requestRef = receptionist.welcome(request);
         long elapsedStart = System.nanoTime();
         long errorCount = 1;
@@ -258,6 +264,9 @@
                 optionalParams = optionalParamProvider.apply(request);
             }
             setRequestParam(request, param, optionalParams);
+            if (forceReadOnly) {
+                param.setReadOnly(true);
+            }
             LOGGER.info(() -> "handleRequest: " + LogRedactionUtil.userData(param.toString()));
             delivery = param.getMode();
             setSessionConfig(sessionOutput, param, delivery);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
index 5e53d54..ed0c802 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@
         return extract(resultStream, EnumSet.of(ResultField.PLANS), resultCharset).getResult();
     }
 
+    public static InputStream extractStatus(InputStream resultStream, Charset resultCharset) throws Exception {
+        return extract(resultStream, EnumSet.of(ResultField.STATUS), resultCharset).getResult();
+    }
+
     public static String extractHandle(InputStream resultStream, Charset responseCharset) throws Exception {
         String result = IOUtils.toString(resultStream, responseCharset);
         ObjectNode resultJson = OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(result, ObjectNode.class);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/TestExecutor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/TestExecutor.java
index 10869c1..fa2ce19 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/TestExecutor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/TestExecutor.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
             Pattern.compile("maxresultreads=(\\d+)(\\D|$)", Pattern.MULTILINE);
     private static final Pattern HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE = Pattern.compile("requesttype=(.*)", Pattern.MULTILINE);
     private static final Pattern EXTRACT_RESULT_TYPE = Pattern.compile("extractresult=(.*)", Pattern.MULTILINE);
+    private static final Pattern EXTRACT_STATUS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("extractstatus", Pattern.MULTILINE);
     private static final String NC_ENDPOINT_PREFIX = "nc:";
     public static final int TRUNCATE_THRESHOLD = 16384;
     public static final Set<String> NON_CANCELLABLE =
@@ -1278,6 +1279,7 @@
         final Optional<String> body = extractBody(statement);
         final Predicate<Integer> statusCodePredicate = extractStatusCodePredicate(statement);
         final boolean extracResult = isExtracResult(statement);
+        final boolean extractStatus = isExtractStatus(statement);
         final String mimeReqType = extractHttpRequestType(statement);
         ContentType contentType = mimeReqType != null ? ContentType.create(mimeReqType, UTF_8) : TEXT_PLAIN_UTF8;
         InputStream resultStream;
@@ -1286,12 +1288,14 @@
         } else if ("uri".equals(extension)) {
             resultStream = executeURI(reqType, URI.create(variablesReplaced), fmt, params, statusCodePredicate, body,
                     contentType);
-            if (extracResult) {
-                resultStream = ResultExtractor.extract(resultStream, UTF_8).getResult();
-            }
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected format for method " + reqType + ": " + extension);
         }
+        if (extracResult) {
+            resultStream = ResultExtractor.extract(resultStream, UTF_8).getResult();
+        } else if (extractStatus) {
+            resultStream = ResultExtractor.extractStatus(resultStream, UTF_8);
+        }
         if (handleVar != null) {
             String handle = ResultExtractor.extractHandle(resultStream, UTF_8);
             if (handle != null) {
@@ -1700,6 +1704,11 @@
         return m.find() ? Boolean.valueOf(m.group(1)) : false;
     }
 
+    private static boolean isExtractStatus(String statement) {
+        Matcher m = EXTRACT_STATUS_PATTERN.matcher(statement);
+        return m.find();
+    }
+
     private static boolean isJsonEncoded(String httpRequestType) throws Exception {
         if (httpRequestType == null || httpRequestType.isEmpty()) {
             return true;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.1.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.1.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6aff85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.1.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a non-query statement using GET
+ * Result: failure
+ */
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "CREATE DATAVERSE dv1;"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.2.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.2.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc6ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.2.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a non-query statement using GET
+ * Result: failure
+ */
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "CREATE TYPE t1 AS {id: int};", "readonly": true}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.3.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.3.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f08b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-non-query/get-non-query.3.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a non-query statement using GET
+ * Result: failure
+ */
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "CREATE FUNCTION foo(){1};", "readonly": false}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.1.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.1.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4743d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.1.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a query statement using GET
+ * Result: success
+ */
+-- extractresult=true
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "FROM Metadata.`Dataverse` v WHERE v.DataverseName = 'Metadata' SELECT VALUE v.DataverseName;"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.2.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.2.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8995d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.2.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a query statement using GET
+ * Result: success
+ */
+-- extractresult=true
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "FROM Metadata.`Dataverse` v WHERE v.DataverseName = 'Metadata' SELECT VALUE v.DataverseName;", "readonly": false}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.3.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.3.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f821428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/get-query/get-query.3.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a query statement using GET
+ * Result: success
+ */
+-- extractresult=true
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "FROM Metadata.`Dataverse` v WHERE v.DataverseName = 'Metadata' SELECT VALUE v.DataverseName;", "readonly": true}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.1.post.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.1.post.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec1d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.1.post.http
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a non-query statement using POST with readonly set to true
+ * Result: failure
+ */
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "CREATE TYPE t1 AS {id: int};", "readonly": true}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.post.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.post.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fa570b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.post.http
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description: testing passing a non-query statement using POST with readonly set to false
+ * Result: success
+ */
+-- extractstatus
+/query/service
+--body={"statement": "CREATE TYPE t1 AS {id: int};", "readonly": false}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1b8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"Metadata"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1b8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"Metadata"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1b8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/get-query/get-query.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"Metadata"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4063cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/post-non-query/post-non-query.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"success"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 7dac28d..3bed78a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
     <test-case FilePath="api">
       <compilation-unit name="readonly-request">
         <output-dir compare="Text">readonly-request</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: CREATE_DATAVERSE statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATAVERSE_DROP statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATASET_DECL statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATASET_DROP statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: CREATE_INDEX statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: INDEX_DROP statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: INSERT statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: UPSERT statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0044: DELETE statement is prohibited by this request</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: CREATE_DATAVERSE statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATAVERSE_DROP statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATASET_DECL statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: DATASET_DROP statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: CREATE_INDEX statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: INDEX_DROP statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: INSERT statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: UPSERT statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0044: DELETE statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="api">
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@
         <output-dir compare="AST">format-param-in-accept-05</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="api">
+      <compilation-unit name="get-non-query">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">get-non-query</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>CREATE_DATAVERSE statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>TYPE_DECL statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>CREATE_FUNCTION statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="api">
+      <compilation-unit name="get-query">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">get-query</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="api">
+      <compilation-unit name="post-non-query">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">post-non-query</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>TYPE_DECL statement is not supported in read-only mode</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="flwor">
     <test-case FilePath="flwor">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
index 666b190..37a8818 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 41 = Request %1$s has been cancelled
 42 = %1$s: \"%2$s\" is not a TPC-DS table name
 43 = Value out of range, function %1$s expects its %2$s input parameter value to be between %3$s and %4$s, received %5$s
-44 = %1$s statement is prohibited by this request
+44 = %1$s statement is not supported in read-only mode
 45 = Invalid value: function %1$s expects its %2$s input parameter to be an integer value, got %3$s
 46 = Invalid pattern \"%1$s\" for LIKE
 47 = Invalid value for parameter \"%1$s\": %2$s