http options for network

Signature

> http options {flags} (URL)

Flags

• --user, -u {any}: the username when authenticating
• --password, -p {any}: the password when authenticating
• --max-time, -m {int}: timeout period in seconds
• --headers, -H {any}: custom headers you want to add
• --insecure, -k: allow insecure server connections when using SSL
• --allow-errors, -e: do not fail if the server returns an error code

Parameters

• URL: the URL to fetch the options from

Input/output types:

Examples

Get options from example.com

>http optionshttps://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with username and password

>http options-umyuser-pmypasshttps://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with custom header

>http options-H [my-header-keymy-header-value] https://www.example.com

Get options from example.com, with custom headers

>http options-H [my-header-key-Amy-header-value-Amy-header-key-Bmy-header-value-B] https://www.example.com

Simulate a browser cross-origin preflight request from www.example.com to media.example.com

>http optionshttps://media.example.com/api/-H [Originhttps://www.example.comAccess-Control-Request-Headers"Content-Type, X-Custom-Header"Access-Control-Request-MethodGET]

Notes

Performs an HTTP OPTIONS request. Most commonly used for making CORS preflight requests.