HTTP MESSAGES RECAP

Question 1

What is a client?

Answer 1

A client are devices that requesting to connect to a server

Question 2

What is a server?

Answer 2

A server is a computer, hardware that provides a function for clients

Question 3

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

Answer 3

HTTP request GET

Question 4

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

Answer 4

HTTP METHOD eg GET absolute path souce

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The protocol version usually HTTP/1.1, status code, test representing status code

Question 6

What are HTTP headers?

Answer 6

General Headers - apply to the whole message
response headers - give additional information about the server
representation headers - describe the original format of the message data and any encoding

Question 7

Is a body required for a valid HTTP message?

Answer 7

No, bodies are optional