diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
index 9f6b7eb..40201a5 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/http/servlet/RESTAPIServlet.java
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.common.APIFramework.DisplayFormat;
@@ -50,23 +54,34 @@
     private static final String HYRACKS_DATASET_ATTR = "edu.uci.ics.asterix.HYRACKS_DATASET";
 
     @Override
+    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
+            IOException {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        IOUtils.copy(request.getInputStream(), sw, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+        String query = sw.toString();
+        handleRequest(request, response, query);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
+        String query = getQueryParameter(request);
+        handleRequest(request, response, query);
+    }
+
+    public void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String query)
+            throws IOException {
         response.setContentType("application/json");
         response.setCharacterEncoding("utf-8");
 
         PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
-
         DisplayFormat format = DisplayFormat.HTML;
-
         String contentType = request.getContentType();
-
         if ((contentType == null) || (contentType.equals("text/plain"))) {
             format = DisplayFormat.TEXT;
         } else if (contentType.equals("application/json")) {
             format = DisplayFormat.JSON;
         }
 
-        String query = getQueryParameter(request);
         boolean asyncResults = isAsync(request);
 
         ServletContext context = getServletContext();
@@ -76,7 +91,6 @@
         try {
             synchronized (context) {
                 hcc = (IHyracksClientConnection) context.getAttribute(HYRACKS_CONNECTION_ATTR);
-
                 hds = (IHyracksDataset) context.getAttribute(HYRACKS_DATASET_ATTR);
                 if (hds == null) {
                     hds = new HyracksDataset(hcc, ResultReader.FRAME_SIZE, ResultReader.NUM_READERS);
@@ -89,12 +103,10 @@
             if (checkForbiddenStatements(aqlStatements, out)) {
                 return;
             }
-            SessionConfig sessionConfig = new SessionConfig(true, false, false, false, false, false, true, true, false);
 
             MetadataManager.INSTANCE.init();
-
+            SessionConfig sessionConfig = new SessionConfig(true, false, false, false, false, false, true, true, false);
             AqlTranslator aqlTranslator = new AqlTranslator(aqlStatements, out, sessionConfig, format);
-
             aqlTranslator.compileAndExecute(hcc, hds, asyncResults);
         } catch (ParseException | TokenMgrError | edu.uci.ics.asterix.aqlplus.parser.TokenMgrError pe) {
             GlobalConfig.ASTERIX_LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, pe.getMessage(), pe);
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
index 88c65ff..a4d07a0 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.StringRequestEntity;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
 import org.json.JSONException;
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private static String[] handleError(GetMethod method) throws Exception {
+    private static String[] handleError(HttpMethod method) throws Exception {
         String errorBody = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
         JSONObject result = new JSONObject(errorBody);
         String[] errors = { result.getJSONArray("error-code").getString(0), result.getString("summary"),
@@ -202,7 +205,6 @@
 
         // Create a method instance.
         GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
-
         method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] { new NameValuePair("query", str) });
 
         // Provide custom retry handler is necessary
@@ -235,9 +237,8 @@
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
 
         // Create a method instance.
-        GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
-
-        method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] { new NameValuePair("statements", str) });
+        PostMethod method = new PostMethod(url);
+        method.setRequestEntity(new StringRequestEntity(str));
 
         // Provide custom retry handler is necessary
         method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER, new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));
@@ -267,10 +268,8 @@
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
 
         // Create a method instance.
-        GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
-
-        method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] { new NameValuePair("ddl", str) });
-
+        PostMethod method = new PostMethod(url);
+        method.setRequestEntity(new StringRequestEntity(str));
         // Provide custom retry handler is necessary
         method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER, new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));
 
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@
     public static void executeManagixCommand(String command) throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException,
             SecurityException, IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException {
         if (managixExecuteMethod == null) {
-            Class clazz = Class.forName("edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test.AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil");
+            Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.test.AsterixInstallerIntegrationUtil");
             managixExecuteMethod = clazz.getMethod("executeCommand", String.class);
         }
         managixExecuteMethod.invoke(null, command);
@@ -321,7 +320,6 @@
         List<TestFileContext> testFileCtxs;
 
         int queryCount = 0;
-        JSONObject result;
 
         List<CompilationUnit> cUnits = testCaseCtx.getTestCase().getCompilationUnit();
         for (CompilationUnit cUnit : cUnits) {