Request Header; Request Data; Responses - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Request Header

The client can send header fields to the server. Most are optional. Some commonly
used request headers are shown in Table B-1.
Table B-1
Request header
Accept
Authorization
User-agent
Referer
Host

Request Data

If the client has made a
header and a blank line. If the client sends a
send; the client waits for the server's response.

Responses

The server's response includes the following:
• Status code
• Response header
• Response data
Common request headers
Description
The file types the client can accept.
Used if the client wants to authenticate itself with a server;
information such as the username and password are
included.
The name and version of the client software.
The URL of the document where the user clicked on the link.
The Internet host and port number of the resource being
requested. (Required for HTTP/1.1 requests.)
or
POST PUT
request, it can send data after the request
or request, there is no data to
GET HEAD
Appendix B
Responses
HyperText Transfer Protocol 345