Should I use HTTP search

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I am working on a web api and I am curios about the HTTP SEARCH verb and how you should use it.

My first approach was, well you could use it surely for a search. But asp.net WebApi doesn't support the SEARCH verb.

My question is basically, should I use SEARCH or is it not important?

PS: I found the SEARCH verb in fiddler2 from telerik.

Michael Shaw · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-21 16:25:34Z

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The HTTP protocol is defined by RFC documents. RFC2616 defines HTTP/1.1 the current release.

SEARCH is not documented as a verb in this document.

answered Mar 21 '14 at 16:25

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Oliver Weiler · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-21 10:50:00Z

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AFAIK the SEARCH method is only a proposal and should not be used. Use GET instead.

answered Mar 21 '14 at 10:50

Oliver Weiler

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At the moment I am using GET, but I like the idea to bring for every common situation a verb. – Knerd Mar 21 '14 at 10:56
@Knerd The problem is that most HTTP clients will not support the SEARCH method which kind of defeats the motivation of providing an API. – Oliver Weiler Mar 21 '14 at 12:58
You are right. Hopefully it becomes a part of HTTP :) – Knerd Mar 21 '14 at 13:01

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