Request Methods
One of the most important attributes of the HTTP request is the request method. This method indicates the overall intent of the Web client’s request. Although many methods are rarely used in practice, each serves an important purpose. In most cases, I will discuss each of these as defined under HTTP/1.1, and I will mention differences in previous implementations if appropriate. Priority is given to the specification as commonly implemented rather than to maintaining theoretical purity.
There are eight request methods in HTTP/1.1: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, TRACE, OPTIONS, and CONNECT. HTTP/1.0 specifies three methods (GET, HEAD, and POST), although four others are implemented by some servers and clients claiming to be HTTP/1.0. ...
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