http options command

--- title: http options categories: | network version: 0.104.0 network: | Requests permitted communication options for a given URL. usage: | Requests permitted communication options for a given URL. editLink: false contributors: false ---  # `http options` for [network](/commands/categories/network.md) <div class='command-title'>Requests permitted communication options for a given URL.</div> ## Signature ```> http options {flags} (URL)``` ## Flags - `--user, -u {any}`: the username when authenticating - `--password, -p {any}`: the password when authenticating - `--max-time, -m {duration}`: max duration before timeout occurs - `--headers, -H {any}`: custom headers you want to add - `--insecure, -k`: allow insecure server connections when using SSL - `--allow-errors, -e`: do not fail if the server returns an error code ## Parameters - `URL`: The URL to fetch the options from. ## Input/output types: | input | output | | ------- | ------ | | nothing | any | ## Examples Get options from example.com ```nu > http options https://www.example.com ``` Get options from example.com, with username and password ```nu > http options --user myuser --password mypass https://www.example.com ``` Get options from example.com, with custom header ```nu > http options --headers [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com ``` Get options from example.com, with custom headers ```nu > http options --headers [my-header-key-A my-header-value-A my-header-key-B my-header-value-B] https://www.example.com ``` Simulate a browser cross-origin preflight request from www.example.com to media.example.com ```nu > http options https://media.example.com/api/ --headers [Origin https://www.example.com Access-Control-Request-Headers "Content-Type, X-Custom-Header" Access-Control-Request-Method GET] ``` ## Notes Performs an HTTP OPTIONS request. Most commonly used for making CORS preflight requests.

The `http options` command in Nushell is used to request the communication options available for a given URL, typically for CORS preflight requests. It supports flags for authentication, setting a maximum timeout, adding custom headers, allowing insecure SSL connections, and ignoring server errors. The command takes a URL as input and outputs the available options.