Cheat Sheet

HTTP Methods

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Method	Purpose	Body	Idempotent	Safe	Cacheable	Example
`GET`	Retrieve resource	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	`GET /users/123`
`POST`	Create resource	Yes	No	No	No	`POST /users`
`PUT`	Replace resource	Yes	Yes	No	No	`PUT /users/123`
`PATCH`	Partial update	Yes	No	No	No	`PATCH /users/123`
`DELETE`	Remove resource	No	Yes	No	No	`DELETE /users/123`
`HEAD`	Metadata only	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	`HEAD /users/123`
`OPTIONS`	Allowed methods	No	Yes	Yes	No	`OPTIONS /users`

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