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methods attribute (a)

Browser support:

Specifies a comma-separated list of HTTP METHODS supported by the object and accessible to the user.

This attribute is poorly supported by browsers and was never used much in HTML documents.

JavaScript page for this attribute: Methods. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

String that sets a comma-separated list of HTTP methods.

The list of the possible methods:

OPTIONS

Represents a request about the available communication options.

GET

Retrieves information.

HEAD

Retrieves information without message-body.

POST

Posts information.

PUT

Stores entity under the specified Request-URI.

DELETE

Deletes resource from the specified Request-URI.

TRACE

Gives an advice from the sent request message.

CONNECT

Switches proxy to a tunnel (SSL).

Default: this attribute has no default value.

This example illustrates the use of the Methods attribute:

<a methods="OPTIONS, PUT">

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