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Other HTTP/1.0 Request Types
The HTTP 1.0 protocol is formally specified in terms of
"methods," rather than simple commands. The
available methods are:
- GET
- We've already seen this "request to read a generalised object".
The object can be a Web "page" (HTML document), an image, a sound
sample or a wide range of other types.
- HEAD
- A request to return the response header only, without the
content. This can contain much useful information about the
requested entity, without the need to actually load it -- eg, how
big it is.
- POST
- Originally defined as a request to "append to a named resource"
(eg, a Web page), this method is extensively used in
CGI-based systems, see later.
- PUT
- Request to store a Web page. Has only ever been used
experimentally.
- DELETE
- Delete the Web page specified. I'm unaware of this having ever
being used, so we can ignore it.
- LINK
- Connect two existing resources. Likewise, never used.
- UNLINK
- Breaks an existing connection between two resources. Not
used.
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