A.K.A. HTTP method overriding. As a web developer you probably already know that HTML forms only support the GET and POST HTTP methods. If you want to send a PUT, PATCH or DELETE request you need to resort to either sending a XMLHttpRequest from JavaScript (where they are supported by most major browsers) or implement a workaround in your server-side application code to support 'spoofed' HTTP methods. The de-facto workaround — which you might be familiar with if you've used frameworks like ...
