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Methods property (a)

Browser support:

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

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

Syntax:

object.Methods;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: methods

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves 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 property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the Methods attribute:

<a methods="OPTIONS, PUT">

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the Methods property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetMethods () {
            var anchor = document.getElementById ("myAnchor");
            alert (anchor.Methods);
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <a id="myAnchor" methods="OPTIONS, PUT">a sample link</a>
    <button onclick="GetMethods ();">Get methods!</button>
</body>