HTTP is a Request-Response Protocol

Learn the basics of HTTP in this lesson.

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Let’s get back to HTTP. It’s a client-server protocol that dictates how web clients request web pages from servers, and how they send them.

Remember the following diagram from the first lesson in this chapter? Well, it was actually outlining HTTP in general.

  • The light blue arrow represents an HTTP request
  • The purple arrow represents an HTTP response

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