HTTP Request Message

An HTTP Request Message is a data request message from a http client to a http server over a http protocol.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be a part of an HTTP Session.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • HTTP POST Request.
  • HTTP GET Request.
  • HTTP PUT Request.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an HTTP Reply Message.
• See: API Request, Client-Server Request.

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References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP#Request_methods

2004

• http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html
  • A request message from a client to a server includes, within the first line of that message, the method to be applied to the resource, the identifier of the resource, and the protocol version in use.

       Request       = Request-Line              ; Section 5.1
                       *(( general-header    ; Section 4.5
                       | request-header     ; Section 5.3
                       | entity-header ) CRLF)  ; Section 7.1
                       CRLF
                       [ message-body ]          ; Section 4.3

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