HTTP

Description

Internet:

Global, dynamic network of computers that communicate according to protocols, standards, recommendations, SLAs, politics and other influences

HTTP:

Rules governing how data is transmitted over the internet

Deets

• one of many sets of standards recommending how Internet computers should communicate
• Client-server model
• Request-response cycle
• Request actions:
• GET - retrieve resource
  • POST: - send data for processing
  • PUT: - modify existing resource
  • DELETE: - remove resource
  • Response codes:
  • 200 OK - Success
  • 400 Not Found
  • 500 Internal Server Error
• Response/request headers
  • content meta
  • authn data
• Text code fmt, including links to other resources
• Resources accessible via URL form of URI