Glossary · Computer science
HTTP method
The verb of a web request that says what to do with a resource: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE and a few more.
In Icillion
In the game, 1 prompt asks about hTTP method. 23 answers count in total; the common ones float, and 16 rare ones sink below the surface.
Some examples
From the prompt “Name an HTTP request method”, among the ones people know best:
- GET
- POST
- DELETE
- PUT
- PATCH
- HEAD
- OPTIONS
Prompts that use it
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