Hi,The 'method' in a HTTP request is not part of a header, it is the request-line. See patch!
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From 75e193b01899f2280d9843e7a079c0679af148e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:10:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] main.c: update the --method description The first line of a HTTP request is not a header, it is the start-line, which for requests is called the request-line. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-3.1 --- src/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c index 70930dd..1ada822 100644 --- a/src/main.c +++ b/src/main.c @@ -612,11 +612,11 @@ HTTP options:\n"), N_("\ --post-data=STRING use the POST method; send STRING as the data.\n"), N_("\ --post-file=FILE use the POST method; send contents of FILE.\n"), N_("\ - --method=HTTPMethod use method \"HTTPMethod\" in the header.\n"), + --method=HTTPMethod use method \"HTTPMethod\" in the request.\n"), N_("\ --body-data=STRING Send STRING as data. --method MUST be set.\n"), N_("\ --body-file=FILE Send contents of FILE. --method MUST be set.\n"), N_("\ -- 2.0.1
