HTTP REQUEST METHOD

Request method is an operation which run on a  resource on a web server.

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There are mainly 7 methods used in websites............

1. GET----------for information retrival
2. POST----------for sending data(like form submission)
3. HEAD----------response for GET but no response body
4. TRACE-----------echo client request back
5. PUT------------------for uploading  file
6. DELETE------------- for deleting file
7. CONNECT--------------- for connecting to server

websites for their security some methods allowed and some methods disallowed

-----now question arises in your mind... how we know that which methods are allowed and disallowed in website????????

we can know this by tools like nmap,metasploit,curl---

1. BY NMAP

http option method by nmap

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if you want to test each method individually---

2. By Metasploit-----------

  

1. enter msfconsole in terminal
2. msf>use auxiliary/scanner/http/options
3. set rhosts
4. run  

3.By curl

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