9 Method Definitions

The set of common methods for HTTP/1.1 is defined below. Although this set can be expanded, additional methods cannot be assumed to share the same semantics for separately extended clients and servers.

The Host request-header field (section 14.23) MUST accompany all HTTP/1.1 requests.

• 9.1 Safe and Idempotent Methods
  • 9.1.1 Safe Methods
  • 9.1.2 Idempotent Methods
• 9.2 OPTIONS
• 9.3 GET
• 9.4 HEAD
• 9.5 POST
• 9.6 PUT
• 9.7 DELETE
• 9.8 TRACE