REST API Methods and Idempotency/OPTIONS advertises supported interactions

Inspect available methods or CORS capabilities.

Section: HTTP method semantics

OPTIONS advertises supported interactions

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OPTIONS /users
Explanation

OPTIONS is often used by browsers for CORS preflight requests and by tooling to inspect server capabilities.

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