How a resource is transferred in HTTP

About

HTTP got it in its name HyperText transfer protocol is a transfer protocol also known as fetch.

This article explains how a transfer of a resource happens via HTTP.

See also Browser - Fetching Resources (Request/Response)

Steps

By entering an URL in your browser, you are doing a get request and most of the time, the resource returned is an HTML page but you can get all type of resource (image, pdf, …)




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