Http Basic

What is HTTP?

  • HTTP is the protocol behind the World Wide Web.
  • With nearly every web transaction, HTTP is invoked.
  • The HTTP is a text based protocol, which means that all transferred data to the server as from the server is text based on a coding type (ex. UTF-8)..
  • Included in the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to reach a internet page .
    http://www.anycompany.com/index.html 

By understanding how HTTP works, you'll be able to:

  • Manually query web servers and receive low-level information that typical web browsers hide from the user.
  • With this information, you can better understand the configuration and capabilities of a particular server.
  • You can better debug configuration errors with the server.
  • Understand programming errors in programs invoked by the web server.
  • Understand the interaction between web clients (browsers, robots, search engines, etc.) and web servers.
  • Streamline web services to make better use of the protocol.