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Methods in HTTP request

Posted Date: 11-May-2012	Category: General
Author: Somasekar N	Member Level: Gold	Points: 7

There are nine methods used in the HTTP requests. They are classified under two categories called safe methods and idempotent methods. Idempotent methods cause side effects on the server and Safe methods are less harmful.

HTTP methods

1.HEAD,
2.GET,
3.OPTIONS,
4.TRACE,
5.POST,
6.PUT ,
7.DELETE,
8.CONNECT,
9.PATCH

Safe Methods

HEAD, GET, OPTIONS, TRACE are the safe methods. Because these methods only get information from the server and does not change the sever states.

Idempotent Methods

POST, PUT , DELETE these methods may cause sever side effects.

GET

Get request for the contents of specified page or representation of specified page. We can use conditions in retrieval of contents.

Request example:


GET http://www.dotnetspider.com/member/somasekar.aspx

HEAD

Head methods requests for the header information for a given URL. So it wont cause any effect in server.

Example request:


HEAD http://www.dotnetspider.com/member/somasekar.aspx

OPTIONS

Options method returns the methods available to the current URL.

Example request:


OPTIONS * HTTP/1.1
Host: http://www.dotnetspider.com

TRACE

Trace method returns the received request, it is used to track the request originality.

Example request:


TRACE http://www.dotnetspider.com/member/somasekar.aspx

POST

Post method send data to be used in server side. that can be manipulated in server.

PUT

Modifies the representation of the specified URL components.

DELETE

Deletes the representation of the specified URL components.

PATCH

Used for partial modifications

CONNECT

Used for switch dynamically to a network tunnel.

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