HTTP request headers

HTTP Method

The method, or verb, describes what action to perform on the resource. Not all actions are supported for all resources.

Method	Applied to Collections	Applied to individual members of a collection
GET	Retrieve a list of identifying information for each member of the set.	Retrieve detailed information about the selected member of the set.
PUT	Not supported for collections.	Update a single, uniquely-identified member of the collection.
POST	Create one or more new members in the collection and give each a unique identifier.	Not supported; new members must always be created by posting to the collection
DELETE	Delete every member of the collection.	Delete a single, uniquely-identified member of the collection.

HTTP headers

Auxilliary information is transported in HTTP headers.

HTTP header	Possible values	Effect
Authorization	Bearer <token>	Identifies your application to our API. Note that the whole string is case-sensitive and that 'Bearer' must have a capital first letter.
Accept	application/json application/xml	Controls what type of payload you will receive in the response. Only application/json and application/xml are supported.
Content-Type	application/json application/xml	With PUT and POST requests you can define the media (MIME) type of the payload. Only application/json and application/xml are supported.

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