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• CONNECTprotocol

  Establish a tunnel to the server identified by the target resource, most commonly for HTTPS traffic through a proxy.

  Not safeNot idempotent
• DELETEmodification

  Remove the association between the target resource and its current representation.

  Not safeIdempotent
• GETretrieval

  Retrieve a representation of a resource without causing side effects.

  SafeIdempotent
• HEADretrieval

  Retrieve only the response headers a GET would return, without a response body.

  SafeIdempotent
• OPTIONSprotocol

  Ask the server or a proxy what communication options are available for the target resource, such as allowed methods.

  SafeIdempotent
• PATCHmodification

  Apply a partial modification to a resource, as described by the request body's patch document.

  Not safeNot idempotent
• POSTsubmission

  Submit data to be processed by the target resource, often creating a new subordinate resource or triggering a side-effecting action.

  Not safeNot idempotent
• PUTmodification

  Replace the target resource entirely with the representation supplied in the request body.

  Not safeIdempotent
• TRACEprotocol

  Perform a diagnostic loop-back test that echoes the received request back to the client as the response body.

  SafeIdempotent