HTTP Method Reference

Reference for HTTP methods with descriptions and use cases.

Method	Safe	Idempotent	Body	Cacheable
GET	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
POST	No	No	Yes	No
PUT	No	Yes	Yes	No
PATCH	No	No	Yes	No
DELETE	No	Yes	Optional	No
HEAD	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
OPTIONS	Yes	Yes	Optional	No
TRACE	Yes	Yes	No	No
CONNECT	No	No	No	No

Use cases: Fetching data, loading pages, API reads

Example Request:

GET /api/users/123 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: application/json