TTMSMCPHTTPServerMethod Enumeration

Request method of an incoming request. hsmUnknown is a method the server did not recognize, hsmHEAD asks for headers only, hsmGET retrieves, hsmPOST submits, hsmDELETE removes, hsmPUT stores, hsmTRACE echoes the request back, and hsmOPTION asks which methods are available.

API unit family: TMS.MCP.HTTPServer

Remarks

Recognizing the method does not mean the server acts on it: a handler decides which methods it answers and rejects the rest. Note that the last value is named in the singular although the method it stands for is OPTIONS.

Members

Name	Description
hsmUnknown	Method the server did not recognize. A handler normally answers such a request with a rejection rather than acting on it.
hsmHEAD	Asks for the headers a retrieval would return, without the body itself.
hsmGET	Retrieves the addressed entity. This is also the method a client uses to open a long-lived event stream.
hsmPOST	Submits a body to the addressed entity. Protocol messages a client sends arrive with this method.
hsmDELETE	Removes the addressed entity. A client ends a session with it.
hsmPUT	Stores the supplied body as the addressed entity, replacing what was there.
hsmTRACE	Asks the server to echo the request back, for diagnosing what reached it.
hsmOPTION	Asks which methods the addressed entity accepts. A browser sends it ahead of a cross-origin request.