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If you want to break protocol, I suggest that we also change all of the HTTP verbs for no reason whatsoever :^)

GET -> FETCH

HEAD -> EXAMINE

POST -> SUBMIT

PUT -> REPLACE

DELETE -> REMOVE

CONNECT -> PROXY

OPTIONS -> ALTERNATIVES

TRACE -> ECHO

PATCH -> PARTIALUPDATE



Stop trying to make FETCH happen.


Need to consult specialists from Stanford, because word "Submit" is inappropriate!

ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34039816


They should ofc have used

SELECT CREATE UPDATE DELETE SUBMIT

and nothing more :D

#TheWebThatNeverWas https://youtu.be/8JOD1AQGqEg?t=1240


HEAD, POST and PUT replacement are actually nice and better than the originals :) (at least for a non-native speaker of English).

Why ALTERNATIVES for OPTIONS?


I just meant for display... :( Like it changes content-type to Content-Type, which shouldn't break anything right...?? HTTP headers are supposed to be case insensitive anyway right?




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