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class · Ruby 4.1

Net::HTTP::Options

< Net::HTTPRequest

Class for representing HTTP method OPTIONS:

Example

require 'net/http'
uri = URI('http://example.com')
hostname = uri.hostname # => "example.com"
req = Net::HTTP::Options.new(uri) # => #<Net::HTTP::Options OPTIONS>
res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http|
  http.request(req)
end

See Request Headers.

Properties:

Request body: optional.
Response body: yes.
Safe: yes.
Idempotent: yes.
Cacheable: no.

Net::HTTP#options: sends OPTIONS request, returns response object.