HTTP

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

any tool that acts on the behalf of the user; sends request to server

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

computer system that stores web pages and responds to client requests

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, request target, HTTP version

Question 5

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

Answer 5

protocol version, status code, status text

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

let the client and the server pass additional information with an HTTP request or response

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

no

Question 9

What does fetch() return?

Answer 9

returns a promise containing the response

Question 10

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

Answer 10

GET

Question 11

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

Answer 11

supply second argument as an object that contains a method property and assign the desired request method as a string value