# Does nginx support OPTIONS request method? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-options-request-method/193594 "2010-08-20T09:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-options-request-method/193594/1 "2010-08-20T09:51:46Z")
Hi guys, I am trying to make a cross-domain ajax request. The problem comes when i try to POST . Then Firefox makes “preflighted” request to see if it is OK to go ahead. Here is the request : OPTIONS /publish/?id=123 HTTP/1.1 Host: 10.1.2.50:8002 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86\_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.8 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,_/_;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,\*;q=0.7 Keep-Alive: 115 Connection: keep-alive Origin: [http://10.1.2.50](http://10.1.2.50) Access-Control-Request-Method: POST and response : HTTP/1.1 405 Not Allowed Server: nginx/0.7.67 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:11:52 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 173 Connection: keep-alive Allow: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Does nginx support OPTIONS request method ?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,121635,121635#msg-121635)** > > Hi guys, I am trying to make a cross-domain ajax request. The problem comes when i try to POST . Then Firefox makes "preflighted" request to see if it is OK to go ahead. Here is the request : OPTIONS /publish/?id=123 HTTP/1.1 Host:... ---
**Author:** ![joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-options-request-method/193594/2 "2010-08-20T10:29:49Z")
Hi, > and response : > > HTTP/1.1 405 Not Allowed > Server: nginx/0.7.67 > Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:11:52 GMT > Content-Type: text/html > Content-Length: 173 > Connection: keep-alive > Allow: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE This response didn’t come from nginx, but from your backend. Best regards, Piotr S. \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) \> ---
**Author:** ![joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-options-request-method/193594/3 "2010-08-20T10:45:38Z")
I don’t think i understand what you say… I don’t have any backend. This is clean nginx install( no fast-cgi or what so ever) with http\_push module. Actually i am able to get the messages , but not post one. All this works if i don’t use cross-domain requests (but then no OPTIONS request is made). Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Does nginx support OPTIONS request method ?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,121635,121654#msg-121654)** > > Hi guys, I am trying to make a cross-domain ajax request. The problem comes when i try to POST . Then Firefox makes "preflighted" request to see if it is OK to go ahead. Here is the request : OPTIONS /publish/?id=123 HTTP/1.1 Host:... ---
**Author:** ![joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@joro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joro)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-nginx-support-options-request-method/193594/4 "2010-08-20T11:20:10Z")
Hi, > I don’t think i understand what you say.. I’m saying that response you presented wasn’t send by nginx (core) itself. > I don’t have any backend. This is clean nginx install( no fast-cgi or > what so ever) with http\_push module. This is _very important_ information, that you didn’t bother to mention earlier… And as it turns out, that response was produced by nginx\_http\_push\_module, so you should probably contact its author and ask him if your particular use case is supported (because it seems that this module supports at least some OPTIONS requests). Best regards, Piotr S. \< [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) \>