---
type: "codesystem"
title: "HTTP Verb"
codesystem: "http-verb"
---
# HTTP Verb

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/http-verb
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: HTTPVerb
- **Title**: HTTP Verb
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: HTTP verbs (in the HTTP command line). See [HTTP rfc](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) for details.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GET | GET | HTTP GET Command. |
| HEAD | HEAD | HTTP HEAD Command. |
| POST | POST | HTTP POST Command. |
| PUT | PUT | HTTP PUT Command. |
| DELETE | DELETE | HTTP DELETE Command. |
| PATCH | PATCH | HTTP PATCH Command. |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="http-verb"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/http-verb"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.625"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.617"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.329"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="HTTPVerb"/>
  <title value="HTTP Verb"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="HTTP verbs (in the HTTP command line). See [HTTP rfc](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231) for details."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/http-verb"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="GET"/>
    <display value="GET"/>
    <definition value="HTTP GET Command."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="HEAD"/>
    <display value="HEAD"/>
    <definition value="HTTP HEAD Command."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="POST"/>
    <display value="POST"/>
    <definition value="HTTP POST Command."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="PUT"/>
    <display value="PUT"/>
    <definition value="HTTP PUT Command."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="DELETE"/>
    <display value="DELETE"/>
    <definition value="HTTP DELETE Command."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="PATCH"/>
    <display value="PATCH"/>
    <definition value="HTTP PATCH Command."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```