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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_allowmethods</h1>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Easily restrict what HTTP methods can be used on the server</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></th><td>allowmethods_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source&nbsp;File:</a></th><td>mod_allowmethods.c</td></tr>
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<h3>Summary</h3>

<p>This module makes it easy to restrict what HTTP methods can be
used on a server. The most common configuration would be:</p>

<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/"&gt;
   AllowMethods GET POST OPTIONS
&lt;/Location&gt;

&lt;Location "/nopost"&gt;
   AllowMethods -POST
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>


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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#allowmethods">AllowMethods</a></li>
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<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_allowmethods">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_allowmethods">Report a bug</a></li></ul></div>

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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="allowmethods"><span id="AllowMethods">AllowMethods</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#allowmethods" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Restrict access to the listed HTTP methods</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AllowMethods reset | [+|-]<var>HTTP-method</var>
[ [+|-]<var>HTTP-method</var> ] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AllowMethods reset</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_allowmethods</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>+/- added in 2.5.1</td></tr>
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<p>The HTTP-methods are case sensitive and are generally, as per
RFC, given in upper case. The GET and HEAD methods are treated as
equivalent. The <code>reset</code> keyword can be used to
turn off <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_allowmethods.html">mod_allowmethods</a></code> in a deeper nested context:</p>

<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/svn"&gt;
   AllowMethods reset
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>


<div class="note"><h3>Caution</h3>
  <p>The TRACE method cannot be denied by this module;
  use <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#traceenable">TraceEnable</a></code> instead.</p>
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<p>Normally, if multiple <code class="directive">AllowMethods</code> could
apply to a directory, then the most specific one is used and
others are ignored; the methods are not merged. (See <a href="../sections.html#merging">how sections are merged</a>.)
However if <em>all</em> the methods on the
<code class="directive">AllowMethods</code> directive are preceded by a
<code>+</code> or <code>-</code> symbol, the options are
merged. Any method preceded by a <code>+</code> are added to the
methods currently in force, and any method preceded by a
<code>-</code> are removed from the methods currently in
force. </p>

<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>Mixing <code class="directive">AllowMethods</code> with a <code>+</code> or
<code>-</code> with those without is not valid syntax and will be
rejected during server startup by the syntax check with an abort.</p>
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<p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_allowmethods.html">mod_allowmethods</a></code> was written to replace the rather
kludgy implementation of <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limit">Limit</a></code> and
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#limitexcept">LimitExcept</a></code>.</p>


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