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Re:Some New HTTP Verbs by adeel_siddiqui on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:15AM (#32825387)
Isn't there already the OPTIONS verb which does the same thing as a possible HELP method?

>The HTTP OPTIONS method requests permitted communication options for a given URL or server. A client can specify a URL with this method, or an asterisk (*) to refer to the entire server.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/OP...

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Re:Some New HTTP Verbs by freedomben on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:03PM (#32826097)
Yes, good point, OPTIONS would probably cover this use case. Anybody know of a framework (such as rails, phoenix, laravel, etc) that offers that? would be super interesting
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