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The condition checks the HTTP request method.

The condition checks the name of the HTTP request method. The result is true if the method name matches the specified value.

Format

<c name="method" value="<HTTP method>" />

The "name" attribute:

The name attribute specifies the name of the condition: name="method".

The "value" attribute:

The value="..." attribute specifies the method name to use for the comparison.

Example

The rule stops processing all GET requests.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<filter name="HTTP filter" version="1.0">
 <comment>HTTP filter.</comment>
 
 <table name="main">
   <rule enabled="1">
     <match ...> ... </match>
     <action ...> ... </action>
   </rule>
 
   <rule enabled="1">
     <comment>
       The rule stops further processing of GET requests.
     </comment>
     <match>
       <c name="method" value="GET"/>
     </match>
     <action name="drop" />
   </rule>
 </table>
</filter>