HTTP Simple Methods and Headers

http-simple-methods-headers.md

Simple Methods

A method is said to be a simple method if it is a case-sensitive match for one of the following:

GET
HEAD
POST

Simple Headers

A header is said to be a simple header if the header field name is an ASCII case-insensitive match for Accept, Accept-Language, or Content-Language or if it is an ASCII case-insensitive match for Content-Type and the header field value media type (excluding parameters) is an ASCII case-insensitive match for application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, or text/plain.

Simple Response Headers

A header is said to be a simple response header if the header field name is an ASCII case-insensitive match for one of the following:

Cache-Control
Content-Language
Content-Type
Expires
Last-Modified
Pragma