HTTP Methods Cheatsheet — GET, POST, PUT, DELETE & More

HTTP Methods Overview

Method	Purpose	Body?	Idempotent?	Safe?
`GET`	Read/retrieve resource	No	Yes	Yes
`POST`	Create new resource	Yes	No	No
`PUT`	Replace entire resource	Yes	Yes	No
`PATCH`	Partial update	Yes	No	No
`DELETE`	Remove resource	Optional	Yes	No
`HEAD`	Like GET but no body	No	Yes	Yes
`OPTIONS`	Discover allowed methods	No	Yes	Yes

Operation	Method	URL	Response
List users	GET	`/api/users`	200 + array
Get user	GET	`/api/users/123`	200 + object
Create user	POST	`/api/users`	201 + object
Update user	PUT	`/api/users/123`	200 + object
Partial update	PATCH	`/api/users/123`	200 + object
Delete user	DELETE	`/api/users/123`	204 (no content)

Type	Header
JSON	`Content-Type: application/json`
Form data	`Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
File upload	`Content-Type: multipart/form-data`
Plain text	`Content-Type: text/plain`