Knowledge on HTTP Requests
HTTP REQUESTS HTTP is designed to permit intermediate network elements to improve or enable communications between clients and servers. A web browser for example, may be the client and an application running on a computer h osting a website m ay be the server . The client submits an HTTP request message to the server. The server, which provides resources such as HTML f iles and other content, or performs other functions on behalf of the client, returns a response message to the client. The response contains completion status information about the request and may also contain requested content in its message body. Request Methods: HTTP defines to indicate the desired action to be performed on the identified resource. Safe methods Some of the methods (for example, HEAD, GET, OPTIONS and TRACE) are, by convention, defined as safe , which means they are intended only for information retr...