http-messages

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

The requester of information

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

The holder of information, the application that serves information to the client.

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

The start line of an HTTP response, called the status line, contains the following information: the protocol version, usually HTTP/1.1, a status code, indicating success or failure of the request. A status text, a brief, purely informational, textual description of the status code to help a human understand the HTTP message.

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

include answer

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Mdn, or rfc6648

Question 8

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

Answer 8

No