Custom HTTP Methods

[hexa2k9]

I've seen a couple of Webservices which support a "PURGE" method besides GET, POST, .... Any chance you implement support for that (or even a chance to enter a completely custom method)?

[a85]

Yes. That's on the cards. I do update the list with common verbs with every release. Will add PURGE with the next one.

[aleksandrov]

Hi All,

Is there any plans to implement the ability to use fully custom methods?

Thanks,
Dmitry

[anthonysterling]

Custom HTTP methods would be handy. 👍

[reloaded]

Yes please implement the ability to specify custom HTTP methods. My application depends heavily on custom HTTP methods and it IS part of the HTTP 1.1 spec so no reason to not have it implemented.

For the time being I have to use restclient (Firefox addon) because it supports custom HTTP methods. You can select from a predefined list or type your own method and it will use it.

Please implement this so I can go back to using Postman for this project!

[a85]

Code for this is already in. Was an issue with Chrome not sending a body with the GET method. Figuring out a way to resolve this.

[ElijahLynn]

@a85 Do you mean code for custom methods is already in?

[ElijahLynn]

Interesting, this post says Chrome won't allow custom methods for security reasons.

jeremys/Simple-Rest-Client-Chrome-Extension#1

[a85]

@ElijahLynn I didn't do the interface after I found out that Chrome can not send GET bodies. I think Jeremy's post is quite old. Chrome does allow custom methods now. Only that GET explicitly can not have a body.

[reloaded]

So what's the verdict here? I noticed we still can't specify custom HTTP methods. Where did you leave off on this? I just cloned this git repo and I'm planning on getting this implemented ASAP as it's a must have for me to use POSTMAN.

[nzcoward]

The chrome 'Advanced REST Client' app has support for this.

[adglopez]

It is great to see this issue have been reopened, can't wait ! :)

[mxk1235]

would love support for WebDAV methods, e.g. REPORT.

thanks in advance!

[RobWin]

+1 for REPORT method

[therealmikz]

In Varnish documentation there's also BAN method, it's not available in Postman.
Here's link: https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/users-guide/purging.html

[pylover]

+1 for any custom method

[hlubovac]

+1 for custom methods

[Centvrio]

+1 for custom methods

[slimfadi]

+1 for custom methods

[rafaelriedel]

Really? Postman still don't have custom methods? Come on! I work with caldav, I need perform operations such as REPORT and MKCOL and I can't do this on Postman!

+1 for custom methods

[hlubovac]

Is this restriction imposed by Chrome in any way (which would be shame-on-google), or is it not by HTTP specs? Otherwise, I don't see why it's difficult to add an option to type whatever in place of that method-dropdown.

[vegetableman]

@pylover It's being discussed ^_^. Will keep you guys posted in this thread.

[heruan]

Is there a pre-release version of Postman App to test this on?

[fprochazka]

Do you think we could get a SEARCH method in the meantime please? :)

[curreli]

+1 for custom methods

[dani-jozsef]

How is it that there still is no SEARCH? I literally cannot use Postman because of this. SEARCH is the standard "GET with a body"* method that you really can't build a modern REST API without. It's not even a "custom" method, it's part of the standard...

(ps. * to all inclined, please don't use GET with bodies, it messes up caching bigtime.)

ADD: To all interested, Insomnia is a pretty nice alternative with custom HTTP method support.

[itscharlieb]

+1 for REPORT

[J-Zeitler]

+1 for custom methods

[mferri17]

@hlubovac 24 feb 2017 comment solved my problem. Thanks man!

[mattboothman]

I could really do with custom methods at the moment.

Here's BNF describing the request method from the HTTP 1.1 RFC2616 (5.1.1):

       Method         = "OPTIONS"                ; Section 9.2
                      | "GET"                    ; Section 9.3
                      | "HEAD"                   ; Section 9.4
                      | "POST"                   ; Section 9.5
                      | "PUT"                    ; Section 9.6
                      | "DELETE"                 ; Section 9.7
                      | "TRACE"                  ; Section 9.8
                      | "CONNECT"                ; Section 9.9
                      | extension-method
       extension-method = token

The key part being the extension-method which is defined as a token, token being defined in section 2.2 Basic Riles as:

       token          = 1*<any CHAR except CTLs or separators>

So can pretty much be anything, there is no constraint on the combination of characters that can form a valid request method excluding control characters and separators. MAKE-TEA is as valid as POST.

It seems like a lot of folks want it, from the 60 odd people that commented.

Personally, I'm working on a service that requires several methods that are not implemented in Postman's extensive list of other methods. Any idea when we might expect to see this come about?

[gurpiarbassi]

+1 for custom methods

[angies91]

+1 for custom methods and REPORT

[jakesylvestre]

+1 for this one

[jakesylvestre]

For anyone looking for a workaround: #1710 (comment)

[DiegoSuzuki]

+1 for custom methods.

[agoerler]

+1 for MERGE

[heruan]

@diegodeoliveira @agoerler @superheri Please do not comment "+1" but rather add your 👍 reaction to the first comment!

This issue is pretty old, but it has only 8 👍 reactions, while many other issues has 20 to 200+ 👍 reactions, so Custom HTTP methods figure as one of the less requested features at the moment! Try to order the issue list by 👍 reactions and you'll see.

"+1" or 👍 comments give no value to the discussion, please express your rooting for this feature properly, i.e. with reactions to the first comment.

[DiegoSuzuki]

@heruan ok! Thank you.

[Bartvds]

This issue is older then the voting feature 😞

[webbrandon]

👍

[sankalp0o]

Hello everyone!
I know this is long past due we're working towards supporting custom methods in Postman. The way we're thinking of doing this by (as someone here suggested) making the method selector accept custom input and save it for reuse.

[skehlet]

For any using Vault, you can do a LIST in Postman by doing a GET and including list=true as a query string param.

[a85]

Everyone: this is going to be out in 6.5 soon releasing over the next 2 weeks!

[harryi3t]

For users who would like to try this feature out early, it's available on our canary channel

[DiegoSuzuki]

Esta ferramenta está ficando perfeita!

[harryi3t]

@diegodeoliveira Did a quick google translate
Loved your comment (I hope the translate was correct 😄)

[DiegoSuzuki]

Está correta
Use novamente o Google Translate XD, comentar em português foi um pequeno estimulo ;D Há muitos brasileiros utilizando esta ferramenta. Parabéns pelo trabalho!

Há alguma forma de utilizá-la para testes de carga? Algo equivalente ao Jmeter?

[a85]

This feature is available in production now. Rolling out to all users this week!

[eidylon]

This looks awesome! Exactly perfect! Kudos to the team! 😎

[hopeseekr]

I've waited longer than most of my projects have been alive for this feature!