diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index 5fe02b452..2d22dc899 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -8071,11 +8071,13 @@ Used by `HTTPApiTable.fetch` and `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async`.
         timeout = 10,
         -- Timeout for connection in seconds. Default is 3 seconds.
 
-        post_data = "Raw POST request data string" OR {field1 = "data1", field2 = "data2"},
-        -- Optional, if specified a POST request with post_data is performed.
+        method = "GET", "POST", "PUT" or "DELETE"
+        -- The http method to use. Defaults to "GET".
+
+        data = "Raw request data string" OR {field1 = "data1", field2 = "data2"},
+        -- Data for the POST, PUT or DELETE request.
         -- Accepts both a string and a table. If a table is specified, encodes
         -- table as x-www-form-urlencoded key-value pairs.
-        -- If post_data is not specified, a GET request is performed instead.
 
         user_agent = "ExampleUserAgent",
         -- Optional, if specified replaces the default minetest user agent with
@@ -8089,6 +8091,10 @@ Used by `HTTPApiTable.fetch` and `HTTPApiTable.fetch_async`.
         multipart = boolean
         -- Optional, if true performs a multipart HTTP request.
         -- Default is false.
+        -- Post only, data must be array
+
+        post_data = "Raw POST request data string" OR {field1 = "data1", field2 = "data2"},
+        -- Deprecated, use `data` instead. Forces `method = "POST"`.
     }
 
 `HTTPRequestResult` definition
diff --git a/src/client/clientmedia.cpp b/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
index 8cd3b6bcc..c4c08c05d 100644
--- a/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
+++ b/src/client/clientmedia.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ void ClientMediaDownloader::initialStep(Client *client)
 			fetch_request.request_id = m_httpfetch_next_id; // == i
 			fetch_request.timeout = m_httpfetch_timeout;
 			fetch_request.connect_timeout = m_httpfetch_timeout;
-			fetch_request.post_data = required_hash_set;
+			fetch_request.method = HTTP_POST;
+			fetch_request.raw_data = required_hash_set;
 			fetch_request.extra_headers.emplace_back(
 				"Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
 
diff --git a/src/httpfetch.cpp b/src/httpfetch.cpp
index 326b5052f..65202ce3e 100644
--- a/src/httpfetch.cpp
+++ b/src/httpfetch.cpp
@@ -294,13 +294,11 @@ HTTPFetchOngoing::HTTPFetchOngoing(const HTTPFetchRequest &request_,
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &oss);
 	}
 
-	// Set POST (or GET) data
-	if (request.post_fields.empty() && request.post_data.empty()) {
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
-	} else if (request.multipart) {
+	// Set data from fields or raw_data
+	if (request.multipart) {
 		curl_httppost *last = NULL;
-		for (StringMap::iterator it = request.post_fields.begin();
-				it != request.post_fields.end(); ++it) {
+		for (StringMap::iterator it = request.fields.begin();
+				it != request.fields.end(); ++it) {
 			curl_formadd(&post, &last,
 					CURLFORM_NAMELENGTH, it->first.size(),
 					CURLFORM_PTRNAME, it->first.c_str(),
@@ -311,28 +309,42 @@ HTTPFetchOngoing::HTTPFetchOngoing(const HTTPFetchRequest &request_,
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, post);
 		// request.post_fields must now *never* be
 		// modified until CURLOPT_HTTPPOST is cleared
-	} else if (request.post_data.empty()) {
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-		std::string str;
-		for (auto &post_field : request.post_fields) {
-			if (!str.empty())
-				str += "&";
-			str += urlencode(post_field.first);
-			str += "=";
-			str += urlencode(post_field.second);
-		}
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,
-				str.size());
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS,
-				str.c_str());
 	} else {
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,
-				request.post_data.size());
-		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
-				request.post_data.c_str());
-		// request.post_data must now *never* be
-		// modified until CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS is cleared
+		switch (request.method) {
+		case HTTP_GET:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1);
+			break;
+		case HTTP_POST:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+			break;
+		case HTTP_PUT:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");
+			break;
+		case HTTP_DELETE:
+			curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
+			break;
+		}
+		if (request.method != HTTP_GET) {
+			if (!request.raw_data.empty()) {
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,
+						request.raw_data.size());
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
+						request.raw_data.c_str());
+			} else if (!request.fields.empty()) {
+				std::string str;
+				for (auto &field : request.fields) {
+					if (!str.empty())
+						str += "&";
+					str += urlencode(field.first);
+					str += "=";
+					str += urlencode(field.second);
+				}
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,
+						str.size());
+				curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS,
+						str.c_str());
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	// Set additional HTTP headers
 	for (const std::string &extra_header : request.extra_headers) {
diff --git a/src/httpfetch.h b/src/httpfetch.h
index ae8b5afb5..3b9f17f0a 100644
--- a/src/httpfetch.h
+++ b/src/httpfetch.h
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #define HTTPFETCH_DISCARD 0
 #define HTTPFETCH_SYNC 1
 
+//  Methods
+enum HttpMethod : u8
+{
+	HTTP_GET,
+	HTTP_POST,
+	HTTP_PUT,
+	HTTP_DELETE,
+};
+
 struct HTTPFetchRequest
 {
 	std::string url = "";
@@ -50,12 +59,15 @@ struct HTTPFetchRequest
 	// application/x-www-form-urlencoded.  POST-only.
 	bool multipart = false;
 
-	// POST fields.  Fields are escaped properly.
-	// If this is empty a GET request is done instead.
-	StringMap post_fields;
+	//  The Method to use default = GET
+	//  Avaible methods GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
+	HttpMethod method = HTTP_GET;
 
-	// Raw POST data, overrides post_fields.
-	std::string post_data;
+	// Fields of the request
+	StringMap fields;
+
+	// Raw data of the request overrides fields
+	std::string raw_data;
 
 	// If not empty, should contain entries such as "Accept: text/html"
 	std::vector<std::string> extra_headers;
diff --git a/src/network/networkprotocol.h b/src/network/networkprotocol.h
index 28abf02c0..05600cda9 100644
--- a/src/network/networkprotocol.h
+++ b/src/network/networkprotocol.h
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ const static std::string accessDeniedStrings[SERVER_ACCESSDENIED_MAX] = {
 	"This server has experienced an internal error. You will now be disconnected."
 };
 
-enum PlayerListModifer: u8
+enum PlayerListModifer : u8
 {
 	PLAYER_LIST_INIT,
 	PLAYER_LIST_ADD,
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_http.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_http.cpp
index ec43bf174..5ea3b3f99 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_http.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_http.cpp
@@ -49,17 +49,40 @@ void ModApiHttp::read_http_fetch_request(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchRequest &req)
 	req.multipart = getboolfield_default(L, 1, "multipart", false);
 	req.timeout = getintfield_default(L, 1, "timeout", 3) * 1000;
 
-	// post_data: if table, post form data, otherwise raw data
+	lua_getfield(L, 1, "method");
+	if (lua_isstring(L, -1)) {
+		std::string mth = getstringfield_default(L, 1, "method", "");
+		if (mth == "GET")
+			req.method = HTTP_GET;
+		else if (mth == "POST")
+			req.method = HTTP_POST;
+		else if (mth == "PUT")
+			req.method = HTTP_PUT;
+		else if (mth == "DELETE")
+			req.method = HTTP_DELETE;
+	}
+	lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+	// post_data: if table, post form data, otherwise raw data DEPRECATED use data and method instead
 	lua_getfield(L, 1, "post_data");
+	if (lua_isnil(L, 2)) {
+		lua_pop(L, 1);
+		lua_getfield(L, 1, "data");
+	}
+	else {
+		req.method = HTTP_POST;
+	}
+
 	if (lua_istable(L, 2)) {
 		lua_pushnil(L);
 		while (lua_next(L, 2) != 0) {
-			req.post_fields[readParam<std::string>(L, -2)] = readParam<std::string>(L, -1);
+			req.fields[readParam<std::string>(L, -2)] = readParam<std::string>(L, -1);
 			lua_pop(L, 1);
 		}
 	} else if (lua_isstring(L, 2)) {
-		req.post_data = readParam<std::string>(L, 2);
+		req.raw_data = readParam<std::string>(L, 2);
 	}
+
 	lua_pop(L, 1);
 
 	lua_getfield(L, 1, "extra_headers");
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_http.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_http.h
index de6e51b37..c3a2a5276 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_http.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_http.h
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ private:
 	static void read_http_fetch_request(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchRequest &req);
 	static void push_http_fetch_result(lua_State *L, HTTPFetchResult &res, bool completed = true);
 
-	// http_fetch_sync({url=, timeout=, post_data=})
+	// http_fetch_sync({url=, timeout=, data=})
 	static int l_http_fetch_sync(lua_State *L);
 
-	// http_fetch_async({url=, timeout=, post_data=})
+	// http_fetch_async({url=, timeout=, data=})
 	static int l_http_fetch_async(lua_State *L);
 
 	// http_fetch_async_get(handle)
diff --git a/src/serverlist.cpp b/src/serverlist.cpp
index 18264e933..2f6ab2e61 100644
--- a/src/serverlist.cpp
+++ b/src/serverlist.cpp
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ void sendAnnounce(AnnounceAction action,
 
 	HTTPFetchRequest fetch_request;
 	fetch_request.url = g_settings->get("serverlist_url") + std::string("/announce");
-	fetch_request.post_fields["json"] = fastWriteJson(server);
+	fetch_request.method = HTTP_POST;
+	fetch_request.fields["json"] = fastWriteJson(server);
 	fetch_request.multipart = true;
 	httpfetch_async(fetch_request);
 }
 #endif
 
 } // namespace ServerList
-