HTTP headers | Access-Control-Allow-Methods

The Access-Control-Allow-Methods header is a  Cross-Origin Resource Sharing(CORS) response-type header. It is used to indicate which HTTP methods are permitted while accessing the resources in response to the cross-origin requests. 

Syntax: 

Access-Control-Allow-Methods: <method>, <method>, ...

OR

Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *

Directives:  This header accepts two directive as mentioned above and described below:

• <method>: This directive consists of a list of HTTP request methods separated by a comma.
• *: This directive is a wildcard value to indicate all the requests lacking credentials like HTTP cookies or HTTP authentication information. 
   

Examples: 

Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, OPTIONS 

Access-Control-Allow-Methods: *

Supported Browsers:  The browsers  are compatible with HTTP Access-Control-Allow-Methods header are listed below: 

• Google Chrome 
• Edge 
• Opera 
• Firefox