===== Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) Request =====
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**Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) Request** is the message that is sent by a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:client|client]] to a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]] or service over [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:http]]. When these requests are being sent, clients can use various methods.

Source: [[https://rapidapi.com/blog/api-glossary/http-request-methods]]

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An HTTP Request has five major parts −

  * **Verb** − Indicates the HTTP methods such as GET, POST, DELETE, PUT, etc.
  * **URI** − Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to identify the resource on the server.
  * **HTTP Version** − Indicates the HTTP version. For example, HTTP v1.1.
  * **Request Header** − Contains [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:metadata|metadata]] for the HTTP Request message as [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:k:key|key]]-value pairs. For example, client (or browser) type, format supported by the client, format of the message body, cache settings, etc.
  * **Request Body** − Message content or Resource representation (usually XML or JSON)

Source: [[https://www.tutorialspoint.com/restful/restful_messages.htm ]]


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