HTTP Methods - TMOS 201

Question 1

What is a GET request?

Answer 1

It is used to get a web resource from the server.

Question 2

What is a HEAD request?

Answer 2

IThe HEAD method asks for a response identical to that of a GET request, but without the response bodymethod. Local cache copy information are available from the header.

Question 3

What is a POST method?

Answer 3

POST posts data on the servers.

Question 4

What is the PUT method?

Answer 4

PUT asks the server to delete data.

Question 5

What is the TRACE method?

Answer 5

It asks the server to return an action trace for diagnosis.

Question 6

What is the OPTIONS method?

Answer 6

It asks the server to return the list of supported request methods.

Question 7

What is the CONNECT method?

Answer 7

It tells the proxy to connect to another host. It’s mostly used to setup proxy SSL connections.