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Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications
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Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications

by Daniel Li
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
20h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using HTTP methods

The HTTP specification also dictated that HTTP requests must contain a verb, and laid out rules for which verbs can be used for what types of request:

  • GET: Requests the retrieval of a resource.
  • POST: Requests where the server decides how to process the data. The URL specifies the resource that is to handle this request.
  • PUT: Requests for the entity to be stored under the specified URL.
  • PATCH: Requests for partial changes to be made to an existing resource.
  • DELETE: Requests for the resource to be deleted.
  • HEAD: Requests for the metadata of a resource.
  • OPTIONS: Requests for information from the server regarding what requests are allowed.

Furthermore, GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, and TRACE are considered to be safe methods, which ...

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