On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 02:13:07PM +0200, Daniel Stenberg wrote: > Hi, > > The 'method' in a HTTP request is not part of a header, it is the > request-line. See patch!
Good catch! It was a stupid typo. I'll add the ChangeLog and push it. Method is indeed a request line not a header. > > -- > > / daniel.haxx.se > 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 >
