Name

HttpMethod

Synopsis

stringvar = Request.HttpMethod

Returns a String containing the method (i.e., GET, POST, or HEAD) of the current request.

Parameters

stringvar

A String variable to receive the HTTP method of the current request.

Example

The example uses the HttpMethod property to determine what action to take for a given request: 

Sub Page_Load(  )
   Select Case Request.HttpMethod
      Case "POST"
         Response.Write("POST requests not allowed!<br/>")
         Response.End
      Case "HEAD"
         Response.Write("HEAD requests not allowed!<br/>")
         Response.End
      Case "GET"
         'Process request
         Message.Text = "GET requests are allowed!<br/>"
      Case Else
         Response.Write("Unknown request: not allowed!<br/>")
         Response.End      
   End Select
End Sub

Note that we use Response.Write to send the message before calling Response.End. Calling Response.End will immediately terminate processing of the page, which will also prevent rendering of any server control output. The code for a page that makes a POST request to the example page is shown here: 

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Submit a named parameter via POST</title>
   </head>
<body>
   <form id="form1" action="HttpMethod.aspx" method="POST">
      <h3>Name:</h3>
      <input type="text" name="name">
      <input type="submit">
   </form>
</body>
</html>

Notes

In classic ASP, the request method was typically retrieved using the REQUEST_METHOD key of the ServerVariables collection. Often, this key was used to create self-submitting form pages by displaying a set of form fields when the GET method was detected and processing the ...

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