Essential Reading for IT Development Testers: The Often Overlooked HTTP OPTIONS Method

Essential Reading for IT Development Testers: The Often Overlooked HTTP OPTIONS Method

Assuming you have an API and you want to convey the types of operations that users can perform at a specific endpoint. You can use external description formats like OpenAPI or JSON Schema, but sometimes it’s also nice to convey this information dynamically on the API itself.<span><span>OPTIONS</span></span> is the method used for this purpose. You … Read more

Frontend Development Tips: Exploring API Capabilities with HTTP OPTIONS

Frontend Development Tips: Exploring API Capabilities with HTTP OPTIONS

As a frontend developer, have you ever found yourself repeatedly debugging an unfamiliar API: Does this endpoint support POST? Should I send JSON or form data? In fact, HTTP has long included a built-in ‘API documentation’—<span>OPTIONS</span> method, which can dynamically inform you ‘what can be done at this endpoint’. Today, we will delve into this … Read more