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HTTP defines a set of request methods to indicate the desired action to be performed for a given resource. Although they can also be nouns, these requests methods are sometimes referred as HTTP verbs. Each of them implements a different semantic, but some common features are shared by a group of them: e.g. a request method can be {{glossary("safe")}}, {{glossary("idempotent")}}, or {{glossary("cacheable")}}.
GET
- The
GET
method requests a representation of the specified resource. Requests usingGET
should only retrieve data. HEAD
- The
HEAD
method asks for a response identical to that of aGET
request, but without the response body. POST
- The
POST
method is used to submit an entity to the specified resource, often causing a change in state or side effects on the server PUT
DELETE
- The
DELETE
method deletes the specified resource. CONNECT
OPTIONS
TRACE
PATCH
Browser compatibility
To contribute to this compatibility data, please write a pull request against this file: https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data/blob/master/http/methods.json.
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