HTTP Methods are just strings ...

http-method-are-strings.md

Small showcase that HTTP Methods are just strings. This enables you to define your own one.

First, create a small demo webserver. This example is in Go (store the code into a file named main.go):

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

func hello(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
	fmt.Fprint(w, "hello\n")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Used method: %s\n", req.Method)
}

func main() {
	http.HandleFunc("/hello", hello)

	http.ListenAndServe(":8090", nil)
}

Second: Run it

$ go run main.go

Third, execute HTTP calls:

$ curl -X GET http://localhost:8090/hello
hello
Used method: GET

$ curl -X BEER http://localhost:8090/hello
hello
Used method: BEER