Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registry

Created

  • 2014-02-17

Last Updated

  • 2026-06-17

Available Formats

HTTP Method Registry

Registration Procedure(s)

  • IETF Review

Reference

Available Formats

Method Name Safe Idempotent Reference
ACL no yes RFC 3744, Section 8.1
BASELINE-CONTROL no yes RFC 3253, Section 12.6
BIND no yes RFC 5842, Section 4
CHECKIN no yes RFC 3253, Section 9.4
CHECKOUT no yes RFC 3253, Section 8.8
CONNECT no no RFC 9110, Section 9.3.6
COPY no yes RFC 4918, Section 9.8
DELETE no yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.5
GET yes yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.1
HEAD yes yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.2
LABEL no yes RFC 3253, Section 8.2
LINK no yes RFC 2068, Section 19.6.1.2
LOCK no no RFC 4918, Section 9.10
MERGE no yes RFC 3253, Section 11.2
MKACTIVITY no yes RFC 3253, Section 13.5
MKCALENDAR no yes RFC 4791, Section 5.3.1; RFC 8144, Section 2.3
MKCOL no yes RFC 4918, Section 9.3; RFC 5689, Section 3; RFC 8144, Section 2.3
MKREDIRECTREF no yes RFC 4437, Section 6
MKWORKSPACE no yes RFC 3253, Section 6.3
MOVE no yes RFC 4918, Section 9.9
OPTIONS yes yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.7
ORDERPATCH no yes RFC 3648, Section 7
PATCH no no RFC 5789, Section 2
POST no no RFC 9110, Section 9.3.3
PRI yes yes RFC 9113, Section 3.4
PROPFIND yes yes RFC 4918, Section 9.1; RFC 8144, Section 2.1
PROPPATCH no yes RFC 4918, Section 9.2; RFC 8144, Section 2.2
PUT no yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.4
QUERY yes yes RFC 10008, Section 2
REBIND no yes RFC 5842, Section 6
REPORT yes yes RFC 3253, Section 3.6; RFC 8144, Section 2.1
SEARCH yes yes RFC 5323, Section 2
TRACE yes yes RFC 9110, Section 9.3.8
UNBIND no yes RFC 5842, Section 5
UNCHECKOUT no yes RFC 3253, Section 4.5
UNLINK no yes RFC 2068, Section 19.6.1.3
UNLOCK no yes RFC 4918, Section 9.11
UPDATE no yes RFC 3253, Section 7.1
UPDATEREDIRECTREF no yes RFC 4437, Section 7
VERSION-CONTROL no yes RFC 3253, Section 3.5
* no no RFC 9110, Section 18.2