HTTP Methods

The set of common methods for HTTP/1.1 is defined below and this set can be expanded based on requirements. These method names are case sensitive and they must be used in uppercase.

1. GET

• Used to retrieve information from the given server using a given URI.

2. POST

• Used to send data to the server, for example, customer information, file upload.

3. PUT

• Replaces all the current representations of the target resource with the uploaded.

4. HEAD

• Asks for a response identical to that of a GET request, but without the response.

5. DELETE

• Removes all the current representations of the target resource given by URI.

6. CONNECT

• Establishes a tunnel to the server identified by a given URI.

7. OPTIONS

• Describe the communication options for the target resource.