Revision 1084217 of HTTP request methods

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  • Revision title: HTTP request methods
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HTTP defines a set of request methods to indicate the desired action to be performed for a given resource.

GET
The GET method requests a representation of the specified resource. Requests using GET should only retrieve data.
HEAD
The HEAD method asks for a response identical to that of a GET request, but without the response body.
POST
...
PUT
...
DELETE
The DELETE method deletes the specified resource.
CONNECT
...
OPTIONS
...
TRACE
...
PATCH
...

Browser compatibility

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See also

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<p>HTTP defines a set of request methods to indicate the desired action to be performed for a given resource.</p>

<dl>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET">GET</a></code></dt>
 <dd>The <code>GET</code> method requests a representation of the specified resource. Requests using <code>GET</code> should only retrieve data.</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/HEAD">HEAD</a></code></dt>
 <dd>The <code>HEAD</code> method asks for a response identical to that of a <code>GET</code> request, but without the response body.</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST">POST</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT">PUT</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/DELETE">DELETE</a></code></dt>
 <dd>The <code>DELETE</code> method deletes the specified resource.</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/CONNECT">CONNECT</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/TRACE">TRACE</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
 <dt><code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PATCH">PATCH</a></code></dt>
 <dd>...</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p class="hidden">To contribute to this compatibility data, please write a pull request against this file: <a href="https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/master/http/methods.json">https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/master/http/methods.json</a>.</p>

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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers">HTTP headers</a></li>
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