http options
for network
Requests permitted communication options for a given URL.
Signature
> http options (URL) --user --password --max-time --headers --insecure --allow-errors
Parameters
URL
: the URL to fetch the options from--user {any}
: the username when authenticating--password {any}
: the password when authenticating--max-time {int}
: timeout period in seconds--headers {any}
: custom headers you want to add--insecure
(-k)
: allow insecure server connections when using SSL--allow-errors
(-e)
: do not fail if the server returns an error code
Input/output types:
input | output |
---|---|
nothing | any |
Examples
Get options from example.com
> http options https://www.example.com
Get options from example.com, with username and password
> http options -u myuser -p mypass https://www.example.com
Get options from example.com, with custom header
> http options -H [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com
Get options from example.com, with custom headers
> http options -H [my-header-key-A my-header-value-A my-header-key-B my-header-value-B] https://www.example.com
Simulate a browser cross-origin preflight request from www.example.com to media.example.com
> http options https://media.example.com/api/ -H [Origin https://www.example.com Access-Control-Request-Headers "Content-Type, X-Custom-Header" Access-Control-Request-Method GET]
Notes
Performs an HTTP OPTIONS request. Most commonly used for making CORS preflight requests.