# HTTP Methods

^ Option ^ Description ^
| GET | Retrieves information from the service. |
| POST | Sends data to the service. |
| PUT | Replaces current representations with the content. |
| DELETE | Removes all current representations in the target URI. |
| HEAD | Retrieves status line and header section only from the service. |
| OPTIONS | Describes the communication options for the target. |
| TRACE | Performs a loopback test for the path to the target resource. |
| PATCH | Updates parts of the resource. |