Abstract: Techniques for multi-variant HTTP requests to identify one or more HTTP resources are disclosed. A server receives an HTTP request to carry out an operation, extracts a field name and a field value recited in the HTTP request, and defines a query based on the field name and the field value. The server executes the query to identify any resources with the field value for a field with the field name and identifies a resource in a set of query results corresponding to the query. The server carries out the operation on the identified resource in the set of query results.