Accept-Patch

The Accept-Patch response HTTP header advertises which media-type the server is able to understand in a PATCH request.

Accept-Patch in response to any method means that PATCH is allowed on the resource identified by the Request-URI. Two common cases lead to this:

A server receiving a PATCH request with an unsupported media type could reply with 415 Unsupported Media Type and an Accept-Patch header referencing one or more supported media types.

Note: An IANA registry maintains a list of media types.

Header type Response header
Forbidden header name yes

Syntax

http
Accept-Patch: application/example, text/example
Accept-Patch: text/example;charset=utf-8
Accept-Patch: application/merge-patch+json

Directives

None

Examples

http
Accept-Patch: application/example, text/example

Accept-Patch: text/example;charset=utf-8

Accept-Patch: application/merge-patch+json

Specifications

Specification
RFC 5789
# section-3.1

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibility is not relevant for this header (header is sent by server, and the specification does not define client behavior).

See also