IETF RFC 7231
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
Organization: | IETF |
Publication Date: | 1 June 2014 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 95 |
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The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless applicationlevel protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document defines the semantics of HTTP/1.1 messages, as expressed by request methods, request header fields, response status codes, and response header fields, along with the payload of messages (metadata and body content) and mechanisms for content negotiation.