Add HTTP QUERY method (RFC 10008) to http library

Closes #153309

Author: mbeijen

Doc/library/http.rst

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Property             Indicates that           Details
        <HTTPMethod.PATCH>,
        <HTTPMethod.POST>,
        <HTTPMethod.PUT>,
+       <HTTPMethod.QUERY>,
        <HTTPMethod.TRACE>]
 
 .. _http-methods:
@@ -217,4 +218,5 @@ Method      Enum Name                           Details
 ``OPTIONS`` ``OPTIONS``                         HTTP Semantics :rfc:`9110`, Section 9.3.7
 ``TRACE``   ``TRACE``                           HTTP Semantics :rfc:`9110`, Section 9.3.8
 ``PATCH``   ``PATCH``                           HTTP/1.1 :rfc:`5789`
+``QUERY``   ``QUERY``                           The HTTP QUERY Method :rfc:`10008`
 =========== =================================== ==================================================================

Lib/http/__init__.py

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ class HTTPMethod:
 
         * RFC 9110: HTTP Semantics, obsoletes 7231, which obsoleted 2616
         * RFC 5789: PATCH Method for HTTP
+        * RFC 10008: The HTTP QUERY Method
     """
     def __new__(cls, value, description):
         obj = str.__new__(cls, value)
@@ -210,4 +211,5 @@ def __repr__(self):
     PATCH = 'PATCH', 'Apply partial modifications to a target.'
     POST = 'POST', 'Perform target-specific processing with the request payload.'
     PUT = 'PUT', 'Replace the target with the request payload.'
+    QUERY = 'QUERY', 'Query the target with the request payload.'
     TRACE = 'TRACE', 'Perform a message loop-back test along the path to the target.'

Lib/wsgiref/validate.py

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def check_environ(environ):
 
     # @@: these need filling out:
     if environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] not in (
-        'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'PATCH', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'TRACE'):
+        'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'OPTIONS', 'PATCH', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'QUERY', 'TRACE'):
         warnings.warn(
             "Unknown REQUEST_METHOD: %r" % environ['REQUEST_METHOD'],
             WSGIWarning)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-08-09-05-01.gh-issue-153309.g94LSO.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add the HTTP QUERY method (RFC 10008) to http.HTTPMethod.