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HTTP request methods

Revision 1109373 by mike-lang on August 24, 2016 at 2:08:22 PM PDT

Revision 1129575 by fscholz on October 12, 2016 at 7:44:56 AM PDT

Title:

HTTP request methods

Slug:

Web/HTTP/Methods

Tags:

"HTTP" "Methods" "Reference"

Comment:

Move details to the POST page

Content:

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t	30	The <code>POST</code> method is used to submit an entity	t	30	The <code>POST</code> method is used to submit an entity
	>	to the specified resource, often causing a change in state or sid		>	to the specified resource, often causing a change in state or sid
	>	e effects on the server.  As described in the <a href="https		>	e effects on the server
	>	://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html">HTTP 1.1 speci
	>	fication</a>:
	31	</dd>
	32	<dd>
	33	<blockquote>
	34	<dl>
	35	<dt>
	36	<br>
	37	POST is designed to allow a uniform method to cover
	>	the following functions:<br>
	38	<br>
	39	</dt>
	40	<dd>
	41	<ul>
	42	<li>Annotation of existing resources
	43	</li>
	44	<li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgr
	>	oup, mailing list, or similar group of articles;
	45	</li>
	46	<li>Providing a block of data, such as the result
	>	of submitting a form, to a data-handling process;
	47	</li>
	48	<li>Extending a database through an append operat
	>	ion.
	49	</li>
	50	</ul>
	51	</dd>
	52	</dl>
	53	</blockquote>
	54	</dd>
	55	<dd>
	56	As an example, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/
	>	HTML/Forms">HTML Forms</a> <code>POST</code> their content t
	>	o their target resource.