Http

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

Are service requesters… ie sends out requests asks for stuff

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

A provider of a resource or a service that triggers a response

Question 3

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

Answer 3

A set of request methods GET request and POST request

Question 4

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

Answer 4

1) Http method that describes the action.
2) the request target usually a url
3) http version that defines the sturcture

Question 5

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

Answer 5

1) The protocol version http/1.1
2) status code indicating success or failure (200,404, 302)
3) a status text

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

This allows clients and servers to pass around additional information.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

IANA registry

Question 8

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

Answer 8

It is optional

Question 9

REST

Answer 9

Representational State Transfer