This has been obsoleted by http://www.w3.org/2011/http-methods.rdfs OPTIONS The HTTP OPTIONS method Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt GET The HTTP GET method HEAD The HTTP HEAD method DELETE The HTTP DELETE method POST The HTTP POST method TRACE The HTTP TRACE method CONNECT The HTTP CONNECT method PUT The HTTP PUT method