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I can't find a way to do HEAD and OPTIONS requests via ktor-client - are these actually missing, or did I just look in the wrong place? I'd have expected them to look like `httpClient.head(url)`, just like `httpClient.get(url)` does

You can use `call`, and `request`: <https://ktor.io/clients/http-client/calls/requests.html#custom-requests>

and set the `method = HttpMethod.YourMethod`

I think there are no shortcuts for other verbs other than get and post

But you can include them in your code if you want

just copy the get or post extension methods and adjust accordingly

There are also `.put` and `.delete` there, but no head and options shortlands. Was just printing the answer with this link :slightly_smiling_face:
<https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/blob/a65667a6f0ca98128c38025f989bad7cb6da4576/ktor-client/ktor-client-core/src/io/ktor/client/request/builders.kt#L65>

oh, right,then I have to update the documentation :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks, that helped! So does anyone know if there's a specific reason for omitting just these two verbs from the shorthands? Should be simple enough to patch them in

probably no specific reason, I guess, just not done :slightly_smiling_face: but <@U4CP1J0QP> can you confirm?

The `head` and `options` methods has specific semantic in http and I consider to hide them from the simple builders.

You could always set the `HttpMethod` in `call` and `request` methods.

I have updated the documentation to reflect all the things we have talked about: <https://ktor.io/clients/http-client/calls/requests.html#shortcut-methods>