`http options` for network

Requests permitted communication options for a given URL.

Signature

> http options {flags} (URL)

Flags

--user, -u {any}: The username when authenticating.
--password, -p {any}: The password when authenticating.
--max-time, -m {duration}: Max duration before timeout occurs.
--headers, -H {any}: Custom headers you want to add.
--full, -f: Returns the full response instead of only the headers.
--insecure, -k: Allow insecure server connections when using SSL.
--allow-errors, -e: Do not fail if the server returns an error code.
--pool: Using a global pool as a client.
--unix-socket, -U {path}: Connect to the specified Unix socket instead of using TCP.

Parameters

URL: The URL to fetch the options from.

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	any

Examples

Get options from example.com.

> http options https://www.example.com

Get the full OPTIONS response record (status, headers, etc.).

> http options --full https://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with username and password.

> http options --user myuser --password mypass https://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with custom header using a record.

> http options --headers {my-header-key: my-header-value} https://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with custom headers using a list.

> http options --headers [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/ --headers [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.