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HTTP 405 – Method Not Allowed

The request method is known by the server but is not supported for this resource.

Common use case

Returned when, say, a client sends a DELETE request to an endpoint that only supports GET and POST.

Example

HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed
Allow: GET, POST

History

Part of HTTP/1.1 (RFC 2068, 1997).

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A compliant 405 response must include an Allow header listing which methods are actually supported, so well-behaved clients can adapt.

Other 4xx codes

400Bad Request401Unauthorized402Payment Required403Forbidden404Not Found406Not Acceptable407Proxy Authentication Required408Request Timeout409Conflict410Gone411Length Required412Precondition Failed413Content Too Large414URI Too Long415Unsupported Media Type416Range Not Satisfiable417Expectation Failed418I'm a teapot422Unprocessable Content425Too Early426Upgrade Required428Precondition Required429Too Many Requests430Shopify Security Rejection431Request Header Fields Too Large444No Response451Unavailable For Legal Reasons460Client Closed Connection463Malformed X-Forwarded-For Header464Incompatible Protocol Versions494Request Header Too Large495SSL Certificate Error496SSL Certificate Required497HTTP Request Sent To HTTPS Port499Client Closed Request