HTTP MESSAGES

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

Typically a something that is requesting something from a server

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

A database that holds data that can be returned at the request of a client

Question 3

Which HTTP method does a browser issue to a web server when you visit a URL?

Answer 3

GET

Question 4

What three things are on the start-line of an HTTP request message?

Answer 4

HTTP Method - describes

Request Target - usually URL

HTTP Version

Question 4

What three things are on the start-line of an HTTP response message?

Answer 4

protocol version

status code - fail / success ‘404’ , ‘202’, ‘302’

status text - text for humans to understand

Question 5

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 5

HTTP headers let the client and the server pass additional information with an HTTP request or response. An HTTP header consists of its case-insensitive name followed by a colon (:), then by its value

Question 6

Is a body required for a valid HTTP request or response message?

Answer 6

No