Question

Explain different HTTP methods supported by RESTful web services?

Answer 1

Enlisted below are some common HTTP methods along with their functions that are supported by RESTful web services.

1. GET: Read-only access to the resource.
2. PUT: Creation of new resource.
3. DELETE: Removal of a resource.
4. POST: Update of an existing resource.
5. OPTIONS: Get supported operations on the resource.
6. HEAD: Returns HTTP header only, nobody.