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Title:
HTTP request methods
HTTP request methods
Slug:
Web/HTTP/Methods
Web/HTTP/Methods
Tags:
"HTTP" "Methods" "Reference"
"HTTP" "Methods" "Reference"
Comment:
Fixed bug 1288274
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t30        The <code>POST</code> method send data to a server so that30        The <code>POST</code> method is used to submit an entity 
>t it changed its state. This is a method often used in <a href="/>to the specified resource, often causing a change in state or sid
>en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Forms">HTML Forms</a>.>e effects on the server. &nbsp;As described in the <a href="https
 >://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        &nbsp;As an example,&nbsp;<a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/
 >HTML/Forms">HTML Forms</a>&nbsp;<code>POST</code> their content t
 >o their target resource.

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