The request is sent with a first
line containing the method to be
applied to the object requested,
the identifier of the object, and
the protocol version in use, followed
by further information encoded in
the RFC822 header style. The format
of the request is:
Request = SimpleRequest | FullRequest
SimpleRequest = GET <uri> CrLf
FullRequest = Method URI ProtocolVersion CrLf
[*<HTRQ Header>]
[<CrLf> <data>]
<Method> = <InitialAlpha>
ProtocolVersion = HTTP/1.0
uri = <as defined in URL spec>
<HTRQ Header> = <Fieldname> : <Value> <CrLf>
<data> = MIME-conforming-message
The URI is the Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) as defined in the specification,
or may be (when it is defined) a
Uniform Resource Name (URN) when
a specification for this is settled,
for servers which support URN resolution.
Unless the server is being used as
a gateway, a partial URL shall be
given with the assuptions of the
protocol (HTTP:) and server (the
server) being obvious.
The URI should be encoded using the
escaping scheme described in the
URL specification to a level such
that (at least) spaces and control
characters (decimal 0-31 and 128-159)
do not appear unescaped.
Note. The rest of an HTTP url after
the host name and optional port number
is completely opaque to the client:
The client may make no deductions
about the object from its URL.
Protocol Version
The Protocol/Version field defines
the format of the rest of the request..
At the moment only HTRQ is defined
.
If the protocol version is not specified,
the server assumes that the browser
uses HTTP version 0.9.
This is a string identifying the
object. It contains no blanks. It
may be a Uniform Resource Locator
[ URL ] defining the address of an
object as described in RFCxxxx, or
it may be a representation of the
name of an object (URN, Universal
Resource Name) where that object
has been registered in some name
space. At the time of writing,
no suitable naming system exists,
but this protocol will accept such
names so long as they are distinguishable
from the existing URL name spaces.
Method field indicates the method
to be performed on the object identified
by the URL. More details are with
the list of method names below .
These are RFC822 format headers with
special field names given in the
list below , as well as any other
HTTP object headers or MIME headers.
The content of an object is sent
(depending on the method) with the
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