CIS 527

Lab 3 - HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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HTTP

• Developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989
• Built On TCP
• Text-Based Protocol
• Used to Access the World Wide Web

HTTP Commands

• GET
• POST
• HEAD
• PUT
• DELETE

HTTP Status Codes

• 200 - OK
• 301 - Moved Permanently
• 403 - Forbidden
• 404 - Not Found
• 500 - Internal Server Error
• 503 - Service Unreachable

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