What is HTTP methods ? #web

• Options Get information about how the server allows to communicate with.
• GET Retrieve a resource.
• POST Create a new resource.
• PUT Send data to the server.
• DELETE Delete an existing resource.
• TRACE Return the request headers sent by the client.

For Details :

• OPTIONS Get information about how the server allows to communicate with.

Request:

OPTIONS * HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: …
Allow: OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE
Content-Length: 0

• GET Retrieve a resource.
  Request:

  GET /foo/bar HTTP/1.1
  Host: example.com
  

  Response:

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: …
  Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
  Content-Length: 12345
   
  <!DOCTYPE …
  

• HEAD Like GET, but returns just the HTTP header.
  Request:

  HEAD /foo/bar HTTP/1.1
  Host: example.com
  

  Response:

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: …
  Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
  Content-Length: 12345
  

• POST Create a new resource.
  Request:

  POST /foo/bar HTTP/1.1
  Host: example.com
  Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
   
  action=addentry&subject=Hello,%20World
  

  Response:

  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Date: …
  Content-Length: 0
  Location: http://example.com/foo/bar        
  

• PUT Send data to the server.
• DELETE Delete an existing resource.
• TRACE Return the request headers sent by the client.
  Request:

  TRACE /foo/bar HTTP/1.1
  Host: example.com
  

  Response:

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: …
  Content-Length: 17
   
  Host: example.com

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