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What are the main HTTP methods you know?

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Answer from AI

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE.

Method Description Safe Idempotent
GET Request a resource. Yes Yes
POST Send data for processing, often results in creating a new resource. No No
PUT Update or create a resource at the specified URI. No Yes
DELETE Delete a resource. No Yes
PATCH Partially update a resource. No No
HEAD Get only response headers, similar to GET. Yes Yes
OPTIONS Get information about server or resource capabilities. Yes Yes
TRACE Debugging, echo request to the server (rarely used for security reasons). Yes Yes

Safe means the request does not change the server state. Idempotent means that executing the request multiple times will produce the same result as executing it once (regardless of the number of repetitions).