http-messages

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

The service requesters

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

A software application that provides a response to the request

Question 3

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

Answer 3

HTTP Get

Question 4

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

Answer 4

• method
• target
• version of http

Question 5

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

Answer 5

• version
• status text
• status code

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

HTTP headers from a request follow the same basic structure of an HTTP header: a case-insensitive string followed by a colon (‘:’) and a value whose structure depends upon the header. The whole header, including the value, consist of one single line, which can be quite long.
-https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Messages

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