Don't get tricked, remember these names! Some trick names they might use are UPDATE instead of PUT or REMOVE instead of DELETE. BE CAREFUL!!!

You should always think of requests as <method> <path>. These always go together. Example:

• GET /users/42
• POST /register
• PUT /settings

A GET request can not contain a body (you can't send some JSON with it) so it should only be used to retrieve data. HOWEVER! You can still send data in the query string. So technically a GET request can do everything the other methods can.

A subset of GET. The request looks the same, but in the response, you only get the headers back, with no response body.

Should be used for sending data to the server, because you can attach things to the request body: JSON, a file, etc.

Should be used for updating data. You can attach stuff to the request body.

Should be used for deleting data. You can attach stuff to the request body.