Julia 1.0 Programming Complete Reference Guide

Learning about HTTP methods

HTTP defines a set of request methods to indicate the action to be performed for a given resource. The most common method is GET, which is meant to retrieve data from the server. It is used when navigating the internet using links. The POST method requests the server to accept an enclosed data payload, most commonly the result of submitting a web form. There are a few more methods, including HEAD, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, and others—but they are less used and less supported by clients and web servers. As we won't need them for our web crawler, they won't be covered.

If you're interested, you can read about them at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods.