# Difference in method POST and XPOST

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 1, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675 "2015-07-01T03:50:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tanveer3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@tanveer3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanveer3)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675/1 "2015-07-01T03:50:02Z")

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Hi All,

What is the difference b/w writing method and X before method for e.g

PUT and XPUT  
GET and XGET  
POST and XPOST  
DELETE and XDELETE  
HEAD and XHEAD

Please share the link if any to understand

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675/2 "2015-07-01T03:53:38Z")

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If you use curl you need to use -X, if you use Sense you don't.

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**Author:** ![tanveer3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@tanveer3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanveer3)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675/3 "2015-07-01T03:55:25Z")

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Ok Mark, Thanks for making it to understand diff.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-method-post-and-xpost/24675/4 "2017-07-06T00:04:25Z")

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