X-HTTP header method override and REST APIs

In a previous article, I was explaining how to extract HTTP headers. In this one, I will explain why the use of specific custom HTTP headers such as X-HTTP methods override can be very handy while developing and promoting a REST API. When deploying REST API based web services, you may encounter access limitations on both the server and client sides. 1) X-HTTP methods override and server side On th

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X-HTTP-Method (Microsoft) X-HTTP-Method-Override (Google/GData) X-METHOD-OVERRIDE (IBM)

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"web infrastructure and solutions providers have proposed to use customized HTTP header fields: X-HTTP-Method (Microsoft) X-HTTP-Method-Override (Google/GData) X-METHOD-OVERRIDE (IBM)"