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title: Accept-Post
slug: Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Post
spec-urls: https://www.w3.org/TR/ldp/#header-accept-post

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The Accept-Post response HTTP header advertises which media types are accepted by the server for HTTP post requests.

Accept-Post in response to any method means that POST is allowed on the requested resource (any document/media format in the header further indicates that the document format is allowed).

For example, a server receiving a POST request with an unsupported media type could reply with {{HTTPStatus("415")}} Unsupported Media Type and an Accept-Post header referencing one or more supported media types.

Note: An IANA registry maintains a complete list of official content encodings.

Header type	{{Glossary("Response header")}}
{{Glossary("Forbidden header name")}}	yes

Syntax

Accept-Post: <MIME_type>/<MIME_subtype>
Accept-Post: <MIME_type>/*
Accept-Post: */*

Note: The Accept-Post header specifies a media range in the same way as {{HTTPHeader("Accept")}}, except that it has no notion of preference (i.e., no q arguments). This is because Accept-Post is a response header while Accept is a request header.

Directives

None.

Examples

Accept-Post: application/example, text/example
Accept-Post: image/webp
Accept-Post: */*

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

Browser compatibility is not relevant for this header (header is sent by server, and the specification does not define client behavior).

See also

• Http method {{HTTPMethod("POST")}}

• HTTP Semantic and context {{RFC("7231", "POST", "4.3.3")}}