1 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. 2 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 3 Long: request 4 Short: X 5 Arg: <method> 6 Help: Specify request method to use 7 Category: connection 8 Example: -X "DELETE" $URL 9 Example: -X NLST ftp://example.com/ 10 Added: 6.0 11 See-also: request-target 12 Multi: single 13 --- 14 Change the method to use when starting the transfer. 15 .RS 16 .TP 15 17 **HTTP** 18 Specifies a custom request method to use when communicating with the HTTP 19 server. The specified request method is used instead of the method otherwise 20 used (which defaults to *GET*). Read the HTTP 1.1 specification for details 21 and explanations. Common additional HTTP requests include *PUT* and *DELETE*, 22 but related technologies like WebDAV offers *PROPFIND*, *COPY*, *MOVE* and 23 more. 24 25 Normally you do not need this option. All sorts of *GET*, *HEAD*, *POST* and 26 *PUT* requests are rather invoked by using dedicated command line options. 27 28 This option only changes the actual word used in the HTTP request, it does not 29 alter the way curl behaves. So for example if you want to make a proper HEAD 30 request, using -X HEAD does not suffice. You need to use the --head option. 31 32 The method string you set with --request is used for all requests, which 33 if you for example use --location may cause unintended side-effects when curl 34 does not change request method according to the HTTP 30x response codes - and 35 similar. 36 .TP 37 **FTP** 38 Specifies a custom FTP command to use instead of *LIST* when doing file lists 39 with FTP. 40 .TP 41 **POP3** 42 Specifies a custom POP3 command to use instead of *LIST* or *RETR*. 43 (Added in 7.26.0) 44 .TP 45 **IMAP** 46 Specifies a custom IMAP command to use instead of *LIST*. (Added in 7.30.0) 47 .TP 48 **SMTP** 49 Specifies a custom SMTP command to use instead of *HELP* or **VRFY**. (Added in 7.34.0) 50 .RE 51 .IP 52