HTTP Response

About

An HTTP response is made by a server to a client. The aim of the response is to provide the client with the resource it requested, or inform the client that the action it requested has been carried out; or else to inform the client that an error occurred in processing its request¹.

It is what the clients (e.g. browsers) receive from an Internet server in response/ answer to an HTTP request. They communicate valuable information based on what was requested/ asked for in the HTTP request.

Contents of an HTTP response

1. A status line or status code
2. A series of HTTP headers, or header fields
3. A message body, which is usually needed

HTTP status code

See response status code

HTTP response headers

See HTTP response headers

Anki

Links

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

References