public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getHttpMethodBytes() {
      java.lang.Object ref = httpMethod_;
      if (ref instanceof String) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString b =
            com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8((java.lang.String) ref);
        httpMethod_ = b;
        return b;
      } else {
        return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
Output only. The http method of the request that triggered the vulnerability, in
uppercase.
</pre>

<code>string http_method = 3;</code>

@return The bytes for httpMethod.
java-websecurityscanner/proto-google-cloud-websecurityscanner-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/websecurityscanner/v1/Finding.java