Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP): Request Types

• GET - retrieves the resource identified by the request URL.
• POST - sends data of unlimited length to the Web server.
• HEAD - returns the headers identified by the request URL.
• PUT - stores a resource under the request URL.
• DELETE - removes the resource identified by the request URL.
• OPTIONS - returns the HTTP methods the server supports.
• TRACE - returns the header fields sent with the TRACE request.