HTTP(s)

Description:

• HTTP:
  • Send pure text
  • Port 80, 8008 or 8080
• HTTPS:
  • Encrypt and descript data
  • port 443
  • use QUIC for
  • Use TLS to encrypt data and hand-shaking

Request includes:

• Request line:
  • Verb: Get, Post, Put, …,
  • Requested URI
  • Protocol version
• Header variables
  • Contain key value pairs.
  • Some of these are standard, such as user region which helps the receiver identify the requesting software agent.
  • Metadata about the message format or preferred message formats is also included here for HTTPS-based rest services.
  • Customizable
• The request body:
  • optional, only relevant to commands like post,put
  • data to be sent to the server and is only relevant for HTTP commands that send data
  • JSON or XML format

Response includes:

• Response line:
  • HTTP version
  • Response code
• Response header:
• Response body

GET

• Retrieve data

POST

• Create data

PUT

• Create or alter data

DELETE

• Delete data

Response code:

• 200: success
• 400: client errors
• 500: server errors