QUERY Registered Safe Idempotent
Verified 2026-09-18 · registry updated 2026-06-17

QUERY

Submits a safe query to a target resource using request content.

Use QUERY only when both client and server implement the registered QUERY extension; it is not universally supported by browsers or HTTP tooling.

httpmethodsqueryextension

Reference (http)

QUERY /api/search HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{"q":"http"}

Use QUERY only when both client and server implement the registered QUERY extension; it is not universally supported by browsers or HTTP tooling.

Common mistakes

  • Treating QUERY as interchangeable with GET before checking intermediary and client support.

Registry reference: rfc10008

Permalink: https://merginit.com/reference/http/method-query