HTTP

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

A “service requester” in the client-server model; a program on a computer that requests data from a server

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

The provider of a resource or service in the client-server model; a program on a computer that provides data to clients that request it

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

The HTTP method (e.g. GET, POST), the request target (URL), and the HTTP version

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The protocol version (usually HTTP/1.1), the status code (e.g. 200, 404), and the status text

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

Lines of code that contain the meta data of an HTTP request or response

Question 7

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

Answer 7

No

Question 8

What does fetch() return?

Answer 8

A Promise that resolves into a Response object modeling the response of the http request

Question 9

What is the default request method used by fetch()?

Answer 9

GET

Question 10

How do you specify the request method (GET, POST, etc.) when calling fetch?

Answer 10

In the 2nd argument, provide an object with the property method: 'GET'