HTTP

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

service requesters. whoever requests the service or functionality, consumes data from other sources.

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

providers of a resource or service. providing a data or functionality to client, to the thing that requested

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 (get post), target (URL), http version

Question 5

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

Answer 5

http version, status code (200, 404), status text

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

a field of HTTP request that passes additional context and metadata about the request or response. a “head” element in html file.

meta data about the message

Question 7

Where would you go if you wanted to learn more about a specific HTTP Header?

Answer 7

MDN

Question 8

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

Answer 8

body is optional

Question 9

What is on the first line of an HTTP request message?

Answer 9

http method (get post), request target (URL), http version
the start-line, describing the requests to be implemented, or its status of whether successful or failure. always a single-line

Question 10

What is on the first line of an HTTP response message?

Answer 10

start-line.

http/protocol version, status code (200, 404), status text